US EditionTrump says U.S. struck and seized Iranian-flagged cargo ship in Gulf of Oman
Trump said the ship was under U.S. Treasury sanctions and Marines were inspecting its cargo after a destroyer blew a hole in the engine room.
- 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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The United States has seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf as part of a naval blockade, Donald Trump announced. The US president wrote on his Truth Social page that the ship, Touska, was seized by the US Navy after it failed to respond to warnings to stop. Iran said it was a violation of the ceasefire and would soon retaliate for “armed piracy.” “Today, an Iranian-flagged cargo ship, Touska, nearly 900 feet long and weighing almost a…
American troops fired on an Iranian container ship in the Gulf of Oman. Marines subsequently boarded the ship. The vessel is now under American control, much to the anger of Iran. The ship in question is the Tuska, a container ship nearly 300 meters long. It departed from Malaysia eight days ago and was supposed to arrive in the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas today. The US is blocking shipping to and from Iranian ports. President Trump says t…
Tehran vows swift response after US seizes Iranian-flagged vessel near the Strait of Hormuz
The US said its naval blockade of Iranian ports will continue despite the ongoing ceasefire, prompting Iran to U-turn on its reopening of the Strait of Hormuz just hours after it declared it open for maritime traffic, and firing at vessels trying to transit.
Iran says it hit US ships after American forces seize ship near Hormuz
Tensions between the United States and Iran escalated on Monday, April 20, as Tehran said it launched drone attacks on US military vessels after American forces seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz, on the 13th day of a fragile ceasefire. The United States said its Navy intercepted the vessel in the Arabian Sea as it sailed towards Bandar Abbas. After repeated warnings, forces fired on the engine room to stop it, and Ma…
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