US says it disables another commercial ship trying to breach blockade and reach Iran
U.S. forces fired a Hellfire missile after the crew ignored more than 20 warnings, CENTCOM said, and the ship remains adrift.
- On Saturday, the U.S. military disabled the Gambia-flagged bulk carrier Lian Star in the Gulf of Oman after it ignored multiple warnings while attempting to breach the American blockade of Iranian ports.
- The American blockade began April 17 following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz after the war started with American and Israeli strikes on Feb. 28, with a fragile ceasefire holding since April 7.
- U.S. aircraft disabled the vessel, which remains adrift in the Gulf of Oman without American forces boarding it; this marks the sixth ship stopped attempting to breach the blockade.
- Events in the Strait of Hormuz have stranded supplies of oil and gas, increasing strain on consumers and food producers, while pro-government Iranian demonstrators gathered in Tehran on Friday waving portraits of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
- President Donald Trump met with advisers on Friday to discuss extending the fragile ceasefire by 60 days and reopening the Strait, though he has yet to decide whether to finalize the deal.
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The US military prevented a Gambian-flagged commercial ship from proceeding to an Iranian port in the Gulf of Oman. Despite repeated warnings, the ship failed to comply. In response, the US Air Force fired a Hellfire missile into the ship's engine room, completely disabling it.
U.S. military fires missile into engine room of blockade runner after it ignored more than 20 warnings while trying to enter an Iranian port
The U.S. military stopped a merchant vessel trying to break through its blockade of Iranian ports by firing a missile into its engine room, the U.S. Central Command said on Saturday. The Gambia-flagged cargo ship Lian Star ignored more than 20 warnings from U.S. forces overnight as it tried to enter an Iranian port, the military said. The ship remained adrift in the Gulf of Oman and U.S. forces have not boarded it, said a U.S. official with know…
After ignoring the warnings of the American forces, an aircraft fired at the engine room of the ship and left it "unusable", according to...
US Fires on Gambian-Flagged Cargo Ship as Part of Iran Blockade
U.S. forces fired on a cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman, damaging its engine in order to prevent it from reaching an Iranian port, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on May 30. In a press statement on Saturday, CENTCOM said U.S. forces had observed the Gambian-flagged vessel M/V Lian Star approaching an Iranian port on May 29, despite an ongoing U.S. blockade of Iranian ports and maritime trade. According to CENTCOM, those U.S. forces…
A U.S. military aircraft attacked and disabled the Gambian-flagged commercial vessel Lian Star, which ignored numerous warnings and attempted to pass to an Iranian port.
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