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美國中央司令部稱,48小時內沒有船隻突破美國海軍封鎖。

-- 美國中央司令部週三表示,在封鎖開始後的前48小時內,沒有船隻突破美國海軍封鎖。 「在美國封鎖進出伊朗港口的船隻的最初48小時內,沒有船隻突破美國海軍封鎖,」中央司令部在其社交媒體平台X上發布消息稱。 中央司令部補充說,目前已有9艘船遵照美國海軍的指示掉頭返回伊朗港口或沿海地區。 美國海軍正積極保持可見的存在,以確保封鎖措施得到遵守。 中央司令部表示:“隨著中央司令部繼續執行對進出伊朗港口船隻的封鎖,美國海軍艦艇正在阿曼灣巡邏。” 該司令部稱,部隊保持高度戒備,隨時準備對試圖進出伊朗港口的船隻實施限制。來自「亞伯拉罕·林肯」號航空母艦打擊群的約5,000名水兵和海軍陸戰隊員正在執行美國實施的封鎖。 這項封鎖源自於美國總統川普4月12日在Truth Social社群媒體平台上發布的一項指令。此前,美伊談判破裂,該指令升級了該地區的海上限制。 川普在貼文中表示:“美國海軍將立即開始封鎖所有試圖進出霍爾木茲海峽的船隻。” 此次封鎖旨在透過限制伊朗出口石油(其主要收入來源)的能力,從經濟上向伊朗施壓,以削弱該國的財政狀況。 隨著衝突進入第七週,布蘭特原油價格約為每桶95.61美元,西德克薩斯中質原油價格接近每桶91.82美元,凸顯了持續存在的供應限制。

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