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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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Trump says US destroyer hit Iran cargo ship trying to evade blockade
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that a U.S. destroyer ship opened fire and then took control of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman that tried to evade a U.S. naval blockade. Trump posted on Truth Social that after the Iranian vessel ignored warnings to stop, the U.S. guided missile destroyer "stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engineroom." "Right now, U.S. Marines have custody of the v…
U.S. seizes Iranian-flagged ship near Strait of Hormuz; Tehran vows to respond
The United States said it attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship that tried to get around a naval blockade near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, the first interception since its blockade of Iranian ports began last week.
US seizes Iranian ship as strait is closed
The US struck and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship trying to evade a blockade in the Gulf of Oman, President Donald Trump said Sunday, as Tehran reversed its decision to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.The incident — the first in which the US used force to impose its blockade — came after Trump said Washington and Tehran would hold a new round of peace talks in Pakistan on Monday, but Iranian state media said no such meeting had been confirmed.T…
US Seizes Iranian Cargo Ship Trying to Run Strait of Hormuz Blockade; Trump Says Navy Stopped Ship by 'Blowing a Hole in the Engine Room'
The high stakes confrontation over control of the Strait of Hormuz between the United States and the Islamist Iranian regime took another step up the escalation ladder Sunday with the U.S.
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