DAILYCALLER (Will Upton) - US Reinstates Sanctions On Iran After Multiple Ships Reportedly Attacked In Strait Of Hormuz
‘Iran’s actions in the Strait were wholly unacceptable’
The United States reimposed oil sanctions on Iran following reports of unprovoked attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz late Monday night and early Tuesday morning. A letter from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the license that temporarily lifted oil sanctions on Iran issued June 21 has been “revoked,” with the effective date listed as July 7, 2026. Earlier Tuesday, Reuters reported that the U.S. government was “revoking a general license that authorized the sale of Iranian oil,” with a U.S. official calling the attacks in the Strait of Hormuz “wholly unacceptable.” The Daily Caller reached out to President Donald Trump’s White House, which confirmed Reuters’ earlier…Open