{"id":2041060,"date":"2026-07-13T16:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2041060"},"modified":"2026-07-13T16:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:34:00","slug":"trump-reimposes-us-blockade-and-demands-20-hormuz-shipping-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2041060","title":{"rendered":"Trump reimposes US blockade and demands 20% Hormuz shipping fee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/65\/32\/1200x675_cmsv2_16632f1c-7d1d-52b4-85a9-452cb5bb5847-9836532.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2909551-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2909551\" data-cid=\"9836430\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2909551-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/64\/30\/189x106_cmsv2_c8df352f-4b1c-5342-bff8-7255f8974ed0-9836430.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The EU&apos;s High Representative for Foreign Policy, Kaja Kallas, 13 July 2026\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe Today<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Full ban on settlement trade gets \u2018most&#8217; EU support, Kallas says\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2909564-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2909564\" data-cid=\"9836480\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2909564-label-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/64\/80\/189x106_cmsv2_1eccf744-e88d-5bc3-8711-f3cd28e295f0-9836480.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The UK has joined the EU&apos;s support loan for Ukraine.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    UK joins EU&#8217;s \u20ac90bn loan for Ukraine, will pay &#8216;fair&#8217; contribution\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2909543-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2909543\" data-cid=\"9836537\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2909543-label-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/63\/97\/189x106_cmsv2_d4db9c70-373f-58d0-8860-19e211c4c618-9836397.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Shipment of medicines bound for Venezuela at Lisbon Airport. 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u-position-relative \" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/65\/32\/1536x864_cmsv2_16632f1c-7d1d-52b4-85a9-452cb5bb5847-9836532.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"FILE: A small motorboat passes anchored vessels in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, 11 June 2026\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              FILE: A small motorboat passes anchored vessels in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, 11 June 2026<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div 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width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"whatsapp\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"c-article-summary\">\n        Trump declared the US would collect a 20% fee on all Hormuz cargo as &#8220;Guardian of the Strait,&#8221; flipping the script on Iran&#8217;s own toll demands, while US forces struck dozens of targets in Iran and the IRGC hit Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and Oman in the biggest exchange since the April ceasefire.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>US President Donald Trump declared the return of a naval blockade on Iranian ports on Monday, saying Washington would impose hefty fees on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz as fighting once again flared over the vital waterway.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a counter to Trump, Iran&#8217;s military command insisted it would not allow the US to &#8220;interfere&#8221; in the key conduit for oil and gas, while also warning its Gulf neighbours \u2014 who have borne the brunt of Tehran&#8217;s attacks \u2014 against cooperating with Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The competing claims came as the two sides traded attacks of a scale unseen since an April ceasefire. The US military said it hit dozens of targets on Monday, while Iran&#8217;s IRGC announced new strikes in response on Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and Oman.<\/p>\n<p>The Strait of Hormuz was not an issue before the Iran war broke out in February, and passage through it was free.<\/p>\n<p>However, Tehran subsequently blocked the waterway and now sees it as essential leverage over Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The US has vehemently opposed Tehran&#8217;s desire to charge tolls in the strait, which international law generally forbids, but on Monday, Trump flipped the script and declared that Washington itself would collect fees.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on his Truth Social site, Trump declared that the US would be &#8220;known as &#8216;The Guardian of the Hormuz Strait&#8217;,&#8221; and &#8220;be reimbursed, at the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped, for any and all costs necessary to do the job of providing safety and security to this very volatile section of the world&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>While Iran&#8217;s ports would again be blockaded, he said, &#8220;all other countries will have fair and open use of the strait&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Trump warned Iran of more strikes, blaming Tehran for breaking the framework deal to end the war signed by both sides in mid-June. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a done deal and then they broke it. They always break it. We\u2019ve had 10 deals with these people \u2013 and so we\u2019re just going to hit them very hard,\u201d the US president said in a statement released by the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re a bad group of people. They\u2019ve been this way for a long time,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesman for Iran&#8217;s Khatam Al-Anbiya central military command, however, insisted that Tehran &#8220;under no circumstances will allow&#8230; the United States to interfere in the management&#8221; of the strategic waterway.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Mohammed Mokhber, an adviser to Iran\u2019s Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, said Tehran will \u201cdefend\u201d the Strait of Hormuz. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe defend it so that in the future, for the passage of our ships, we are not forced to pay tribute to the enemy,\u201d Mokhber said in a post on X. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRetreating from this vital matter has no place in the mind of any friend of Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Shots fired again<\/h2>\n<p>The military confrontation in the Strait of Hormuz continued on Monday, with Iranian state television reporting that \u201cthis morning, two ships that were attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz illegally were targeted and stopped by warning shots fired by the navy of the Revolutionary Guards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In parallel, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that for the first time, the US military used maritime drones to strike an Iranian submarine and a maintenance facility at the Bandar Abbas naval base on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>CENTCOM published a video of the operation, saying that \u201cthree Corsair unmanned surface vessels hit the port at Bandar Abbas Naval Base, marking the first time American forces have employed sea drones in combat operations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in a concerted European effort, the foreign \u2060ministers \u2060of Germany, France, and Britain condemned \u2060Tehran&#8217;s attacks on the Gulf countries on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe \u200ccondemn Iran\u2019s heinous attacks on merchant shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and on countries in \u2060the region including Qatar, \u2060Kuwait, Oman and Jordan,\u201d they said in a \u2060joint statement. <\/p>\n<p>The UK announced that it would designate Iran&#8217;s IRGC as a national security threat, which would see its supporters potentially face jail sentences.<\/p>\n<h2>Framework deal &#8216;in crisis&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Despite declaring the ceasefire with Iran was &#8220;over&#8221; last week, Trump has said negotiations aimed at finding a permanent settlement would continue.<\/p>\n<p>He told Fox News that there were hours of talks on Sunday, but accused Iranian negotiators of going back on their agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said earlier on Monday that the June framework deal, which formed the basis for the negotiations and lifted the US blockade, was &#8220;in crisis&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The previous blockade, in place from April to June, cut off Iranian oil exports and threatened a damaging shutdown of the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Baqaei said Iran would ignore its obligations under the deal if the US did the same, but nonetheless added that Tehran was continuing talks with mediators from Qatar, Pakistan and Oman in an effort to prevent further escalation.<\/p>\n<p>The past week&#8217;s hostilities have centred on the critical energy trade route, which Iran&#8217;s IRGC said was &#8220;closed&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, IRGC spokesperson Hossein Mohebi accused Washington of endangering global oil and gas supplies by interfering in the strait, saying it &#8220;must be held accountable&#8221; while insisting on Tehran&#8217;s sovereignty over Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the fighting, mediators have been trying to salvage a diplomatic resolution to the war.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan, one of the two key intermediaries in negotiations together with Qatar, expressed &#8220;deep concern at escalation in regional tensions&#8221;, according to its foreign office.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">US launches more strikes on Iran as renewed standoff over Strait of Hormuz intensifies<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Iran attacks Gulf states to impose its Hormuz battle lines <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Associate fellow at Chatham House Bader Al-Saif said the escalating attacks would merely delay a permanent agreement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Both sides want to end the impasse on their own terms, and they are increasingly finding it difficult to do so. Hence the return to and increase in the scale of attacks,&#8221; Al-Saif said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That only prolongs what will eventually happen: a negotiated settlement,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<h2>Bahrain blasts Tehran&#8217;s &#8216;heinous attacks&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Iranian state media reported deaths in the latest US strikes, which it said targeted large areas across the south and west.<\/p>\n<p>At least 25 people have been killed in Iran since hostilities resumed on Wednesday, according to a tally based on Tehran&#8217;s announcements.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s IRGC said they had struck US military targets and bases in Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait, state media reported on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Air raid alerts sounded in Bahrain, while Kuwait&#8217;s army said the country&#8217;s forces were intercepting &#8220;hostile aerial targets&#8221; on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan&#8217;s army said it had intercepted four Iranian missiles.<\/p>\n<p>Bahrain&#8217;s military accused Iran of committing &#8220;heinous attacks with missiles and drones that target civilians&#8221;, adding it had shot down a number of Iranian projectiles Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Iran insists that it only targets US interests in the Gulf, but on Monday afternoon, the spokesman for its military command said that any collaboration by Gulf countries with the US would be considered &#8220;an act of war&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-contributors c-article-contributors-supplementary u-margin-top-2 u-padding-top-2\">\n<p>Additional sources<strong> \u2022 AFP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span 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class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2909412\" data-cid=\"9835710\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Disney&#8217;s live-action &#8216;Moana&#8217; capsizes at the box office<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"articleBody\" data-key=\"articleBody\">US President Donald Trump declared the return of a naval blockade on Iranian ports on Monday, saying Washington would impose hefty fees on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz as fighting once again flared over the vital waterway.In a counter to Trump, Iran&#8217;s military command insisted it would not allow the US to &#8220;interfere&#8221; in the key conduit for oil and gas, while also warning its Gulf neighbours \u2014 who have borne the brunt of Tehran&#8217;s attacks \u2014 against cooperating with Washington.The competing claims came as the two sides traded attacks of a scale unseen since an April ceasefire. The US military said it hit dozens of targets on Monday, while Iran&#8217;s IRGC announced new strikes in response on Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and Oman.The Strait of Hormuz was not an issue before the Iran war broke out in February, and passage through it was free.However, Tehran subsequently blocked the waterway and now sees it as essential leverage over Washington.The US has vehemently opposed Tehran&#8217;s desire to charge tolls in the strait, which international law generally forbids, but on Monday, Trump flipped the script and declared that Washington itself would collect fees.In a post on his Truth Social site, Trump declared that the US would be &#8220;known as &#8216;The Guardian of the Hormuz Strait&#8217;,&#8221; and &#8220;be reimbursed, at the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped, for any and all costs necessary to do the job of providing safety and security to this very volatile section of the world&#8221;.While Iran&#8217;s ports would again be blockaded, he said, &#8220;all other countries will have fair and open use of the strait&#8221;.In addition, Trump warned Iran of more strikes, blaming Tehran for breaking the framework deal to end the war signed by both sides in mid-June.\u00a0\u201cIt was a done deal and then they broke it. They always break it. We\u2019ve had 10 deals with these people \u2013 and so we\u2019re just going to hit them very hard,\u201d the US president said in a statement released by the White House.\u201cThey\u2019re a bad group of people. They\u2019ve been this way for a long time,\u201d Trump added.The spokesman for Iran&#8217;s Khatam Al-Anbiya central military command, however, insisted that Tehran &#8220;under no circumstances will allow&#8230; the United States to interfere in the management&#8221; of the strategic waterway.In addition, Mohammed Mokhber, an adviser to Iran\u2019s Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, said Tehran will \u201cdefend\u201d the Strait of Hormuz.\u00a0\u201cWe defend it so that in the future, for the passage of our ships, we are not forced to pay tribute to the enemy,\u201d Mokhber said in a post on X.\u201cRetreating from this vital matter has no place in the mind of any friend of Iran.\u201dShots fired againThe military confrontation in the Strait of Hormuz continued on Monday, with Iranian state television reporting that \u201cthis morning, two ships that were attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz illegally were targeted and stopped by warning shots fired by the navy of the Revolutionary Guards.\u201dIn parallel, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that for the first time, the US military used maritime drones to strike an Iranian submarine and a maintenance facility at the Bandar Abbas naval base on Sunday.CENTCOM published a video of the operation, saying that \u201cthree Corsair unmanned surface vessels hit the port at Bandar Abbas Naval Base, marking the first time American forces have employed sea drones in combat operations.\u201dMeanwhile, in a concerted European effort, the foreign \u2060ministers \u2060of Germany, France, and Britain condemned \u2060Tehran&#8217;s attacks on the Gulf countries on Sunday.\u201cWe \u200ccondemn Iran\u2019s heinous attacks on merchant shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and on countries in \u2060the region including Qatar, \u2060Kuwait, Oman and Jordan,\u201d they said in a \u2060joint statement.The UK announced that it would designate Iran&#8217;s IRGC as a national security threat, which would see its supporters potentially face jail sentences.Framework deal &#8216;in crisis&#8217;Despite declaring the ceasefire with Iran was &#8220;over&#8221; last week, Trump has said negotiations aimed at finding a permanent settlement would continue.He told Fox News that there were hours of talks on Sunday, but accused Iranian negotiators of going back on their agreement.Iran&#8217;s foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said earlier on Monday that the June framework deal, which formed the basis for the negotiations and lifted the US blockade, was &#8220;in crisis&#8221;.The previous blockade, in place from April to June, cut off Iranian oil exports and threatened a damaging shutdown of the industry.Baqaei said Iran would ignore its obligations under the deal if the US did the same, but nonetheless added that Tehran was continuing talks with mediators from Qatar, Pakistan and Oman in an effort to prevent further escalation.The past week&#8217;s hostilities have centred on the critical energy trade route, which Iran&#8217;s IRGC said was &#8220;closed&#8221;.On Monday, IRGC spokesperson Hossein Mohebi accused Washington of endangering global oil and gas supplies by interfering in the strait, saying it &#8220;must be held accountable&#8221; while insisting on Tehran&#8217;s sovereignty over Hormuz.Amid the fighting, mediators have been trying to salvage a diplomatic resolution to the war.Pakistan, one of the two key intermediaries in negotiations together with Qatar, expressed &#8220;deep concern at escalation in regional tensions&#8221;, according to its foreign office.Associate fellow at\u00a0Chatham\u00a0House Bader Al-Saif said the escalating attacks would merely delay a permanent agreement.&#8221;Both sides want to end the impasse on their own terms, and they are increasingly finding it difficult to do so. Hence the return to and increase in the scale of attacks,&#8221; Al-Saif said.&#8221;That only prolongs what will eventually happen: a negotiated settlement,&#8221; he added.Bahrain blasts Tehran&#8217;s &#8216;heinous attacks&#8217;Iranian state media reported deaths in the latest US strikes, which it said targeted large areas across the south and west.At least 25 people have been killed in Iran since hostilities resumed on Wednesday, according to a tally based on Tehran&#8217;s announcements.Iran&#8217;s IRGC said they had struck US military targets and bases in Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait, state media reported on Monday.Air raid alerts sounded in Bahrain, while Kuwait&#8217;s army said the country&#8217;s forces were intercepting &#8220;hostile aerial targets&#8221; on Monday.Jordan&#8217;s army said it had intercepted four Iranian missiles.Bahrain&#8217;s military accused Iran of committing &#8220;heinous attacks with missiles and drones that target civilians&#8221;, adding it had shot down a number of Iranian projectiles Monday morning.Iran insists that it only targets US interests in the Gulf, but on Monday afternoon, the spokesman for its military command said that any collaboration by Gulf countries with the US would be considered &#8220;an act of war&#8221;.<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/07\/13\/trump-reimposes-us-blockade-and-demands-20-hormuz-shipping-fee&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/65\/32\/1200x675_cmsv2_16632f1c-7d1d-52b4-85a9-452cb5bb5847-9836532.jpg&#8221;] Europe Today Full ban on settlement trade gets \u2018most&#8217; EU support, Kallas says Europe News UK joins EU&#8217;s \u20ac90bn loan for Ukraine, will pay &#8216;fair&#8217; contribution Health news Portuguese plane delivers medicines to Venezuela Europe News European leaders and Ukraine form anti-ballistic missile coalition Europe Today Full ban on settlement trade gets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[226,36],"class_list":["post-2041060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international","tag-crawlmanager","tag-euronews-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2041060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2041060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2041060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2041060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}