U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth stated on Thursday that the U.S. Navy can maintain a blockade of Iranian ports "indefinitely" by rotating ships to sustain a military presence in the region. U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent also announced that the U.S. will implement "historically unprecedented economic isolation measures" to pressure Iran. This move comes as U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks are deadlocked, and the Iranian Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) posted on platform X on Wednesday, insisting that the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked and will not reopen unless Iran's conditions are accepted.