The US military resumed its naval blockade against Iran at 4 a.m. on the 15th Beijing time. US President Trump said on the 14th that he decided to use a trade and investment agreement to replace the charges for goods in the Strait of Hormuz. Li Zixin, an assistant researcher at the China Academy of International Studies, said that the full resumption of the US naval blockade against Iran proved that extreme US pressure on Iran continues. Furthermore, from weakening Iran's control over the Strait of Hormuz, it is rapidly expanding to completely curbing Iran's finances and economy. The strategic logic also escalated from military paralysis to economic strangulation; it is necessary to fundamentally abolish Iran's ability to generate revenue from oil exports. This move certainly had a huge impact on Iran, and it also forced Iran to make the final judgment that “the Memorandum of Understanding has expired.”

The US military resumed its naval blockade against Iran at 4 a.m. on the 15th Beijing time. US President Trump said on the 14th that he decided to use a trade and investment agreement to replace the charges for goods in the Strait of Hormuz. Li Zixin, an assistant researcher at the China Academy of International Studies, said that the full resumption of the US naval blockade against Iran proved that extreme US pressure on Iran continues. Furthermore, from weakening Iran's control over the Strait of Hormuz, it is rapidly expanding to completely curbing Iran's finances and economy. The strategic logic also escalated from military paralysis to economic strangulation; it is necessary to fundamentally abolish Iran's ability to generate revenue from oil exports. This move certainly had a huge impact on Iran, and it also forced Iran to make the final judgment that “the Memorandum of Understanding has expired.”