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Trump says U.S. struck and seized Iranian-flagged cargo ship in Gulf of Oman
Trump said U.S. Marines took custody of the Touska after a destroyer fired warning shots and damaged its engine room, escalating the standoff over shipping.
- 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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Dramatic moment US Marines board Iranian tanker after 'blowing hole in engine'
Dramatic footage shows US Marines boarding the Iranian-flagged vessel M/V Touska in the Gulf of Oman after it failed to comply with warnings during a naval blockade, marking the first interception since operations began on Monday.
Original news the portacontainer Touska has tried to overcome the American naval block in the strait of Hormuz: then the marines have intervened
US President Donald Trump said that an American force captured an Iranian ship in the Gulf of Oman, while Washington and Tehran offered contradictory versions of the possibility of new peace negotiations in Pakistan, reports Financial Times.
Donald Trump exults as the situation in the Iran war escalates: the US Navy has brought an Iranian freighter under its control in the Arabian Sea. Tehran now threatens with retaliation while the ceasefire expires in a few hours.
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