# U.S. moves to blockade Strait of Hormuz

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/squawk-box-europe-express-990161/u-s-moves-to-blockade-strait-of-hormuz
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/squawk-box-europe-express-990161/u-s-moves-to-blockade-strait-of-hormuz.md
Podcast: [Squawk Box Europe Express](https://stenobird.com/podcast/squawk-box-europe-express-990161)
Published: 2026-04-13T07:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/rss.art19.com/episodes/28b8eff1-4286-4db9-aeec-b025c8bf4d4c.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0
Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/rss.art19.com/episodes/28b8eff1-4286-4db9-aeec-b025c8bf4d4c.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/squawk-box-europe-express-990161/episodes/u-s-moves-to-blockade-strait-of-hormuz
Duration seconds: 1643

## Resource

Following failed U.S.-Iran peace talks in Islamabad over the weekend, Washington moves to blockade ships exiting or entering Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz. Oil prices surge on the news while Asian markets move into the red. President Trump says the blockade is aimed at eliminating Iranian crude exports from the market. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is ousted after 16 years in power with Peter Magyar’s centre-right Tisza party winning a two-thirds super majority vote. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/squawk-box-europe-express-990161/episodes/u-s-moves-to-blockade-strait-of-hormuz/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/squawk-box-europe-express-990161/u-s-moves-to-blockade-strait-of-hormuz.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.