<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>US President </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="_blank" title="Donald Trump"><span>Donald Trump</span></a><span> has reacted to the closure of the </span><a><span>Strait of Hormuz</span></a><span> by saying "Iran can't blackmail us".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He says that American talks with Iran are going well and that he expects to have more information over the weekend, the Associated Press reports.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump declined to take reporters' questions about Iran but said, "We have very good conversations going on."</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-iran-war-live-updates-april-19-donald-trump-latest-world-news-headlines/c2c7491b-d22a-4f1b-bfba-8e932b044fd6" rel="" target="_blank" title=" Iran fires on ships in Strait of Hormuz"><strong><span>Iran fires on ships in Strait of Hormuz</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He says Iran "got a little cute," later adding, "They wanted to close up the strait again," referring to the Strait of Hormuz.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They can't blackmail us," Trump said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The US president was speaking shortly after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced it will blockade the Strait of Hormuz, the organisation's naval forces said in a statement on Telegram overnight.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-iran-war-trump-says-he-wont-be-blackmailed-of-hormuz-strait/68d5ee70-403b-4341-acf2-2ae2329d6b49" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Approaching the Strait of Hormuz will be considered cooperation with the enemy, and any offending vessel will be targeted," the IRGC statement read.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After declaring the waterway open on Friday, Iran reimposed restrictions on the passage of ships on Saturday, citing "repeated breaches of trust" by the US in the two sides' ceasefire.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-navy-food-shortages-uss-abraham-lincoln-uss-tripoli-blockade-strait-of-hormuz-pete-hegseth-iran/e5db289a-18fd-4b03-82e2-a01d5f1d12f3" rel="" target="" title="US Navy denies food shortages after grim photos emerge from blockade ships"><strong><span>US Navy denies food shortages after grim photos emerge from blockade ships</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The British military says two gunboats from Iran's Revolutionary Guard opened fire on a tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz after Iran said it had reimposed restrictions on the vital waterway.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hours later a container ship was hit by "unknown projectile which caused damage to some of the containers" about 46 kilometres off the coast of Oman, the UKMTO said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div 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