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Trump says U.S. struck and seized Iranian-flagged cargo ship in Gulf of Oman
The U.S. Navy vessel damaged the ship's engine room and took it into custody after it attempted to bypass a naval blockade and ignored warnings.
- On Sunday, President Donald Trump claimed the U.S. Navy forcibly seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship named Touska near the Strait of Hormuz after it allegedly bypassed an American naval blockade.
- This seizure follows a U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, which Tehran calls an 'act of aggression,' as both nations remain locked in a standoff over traffic through the critical waterway.
- Trump wrote on social media that a guided missile destroyer stopped the vessel by "blowing a hole in the engineroom," with U.S. Marines now holding custody of the cargo ship.
- The escalation complicates efforts to extend a fragile ceasefire set to expire by Wednesday, even as regional tensions rise and global energy supplies through the Strait face potential disruption.
- Iran retains roughly 40 percent of its drone arsenal and more than 60 percent of its missile launchers, capabilities that analysts warn could threaten regional shipping, according to The New York Times.
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Navy Fired On, Seized Iranian Ship, Trump Says
US forces have taken control of an Iranian-flagged vessel in the Gulf of Oman, President Trump posted Sunday, after firing on the ship when it tried to move through an American blockade. Trump said the Touska's crew did not comply with orders to stop, "so our Navy ship stopped them...
Washington DC, USA.- Trump reported that U.S. Navy intercepted Iran's ship in Ormuz; 'we have full custody and we are investigating its cargo', he said. Credit: AP President Donald Trump reported that U.S. Navy intercepted Iran's ship in Ormuz. "Today, an Iranian-flagged cargo ship called TOUSKA, nearly 275 metres in length and weighing similar to that of an aircraft carrier, tried to circumvent our naval blockade, but failed to do so," he wrote…
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