prosecute” any commercial entity arrangement “illegal piracy,” leading nationality, are prohibited from enter- attempting to bypass the blockade. to his Sunday social media decree: ing or exiting Iranian territorial waters. The reaction from Tehran has “The United States Navy, the Finest The move, dubbed a “physical Italy Suspends Defense been one of defiance. With the in the World, will begin the process enforcement of maximum pressure,” nation still reeling from the assas- of BLOCKADING any and all Ships marks the most aggressive naval pos-