[US-Israel, Iran War Day #183] Iran Trade Falls 35% as Sanctions and Blockade Bite

82 commercial vessels rerouted under Iran blockade, says CENTCOM US Central Command said its forces had rerouted 82 commercial vessels as of August 28 while enforcing Washington’s maritime blockade of Iran. CENTCOM said US forces had also disabled three vessels and boarded two. The command published an image of a US sailor aboard the destroyer USS John Paul Jones, saying the vessel was operating in regional waters as part of the blockade. Iran government vows to pursue diplomacy and defense simultaneously Iran’s government said it would pursue diplomacy and military defense simultaneously while resisting US sanctions, presenting the two tracks…