{
  "id": 788027,
  "title": "Hegseth says US can keep naval blockade on Iranian ports ‘indefinitely’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/hegseth-says-us-can-keep-naval-blockade-on-iranian-ports-indefinitely",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T15:56:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hegseth-says-us-can-keep-naval-blockade-iranian-ports-indefinitely"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Hegseth says US can keep naval blockade on Iranian ports ‘indefinitely’ US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth says that the US military can maintain a blockade on Iranian ports for as long as needed. “Indefinitely, the United States Navy can maintain a blockade like that because we’ll rotate ships in and out, as we have, and we’ll continue to,” Hegseth told reporters.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}