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US military says it disabled cargo vessel in Gulf of Oman
CENTCOM said the ship ignored repeated warnings, and the strike followed U.S. military action a day earlier against an Iranian air defense system.
- On Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, a U.S. military aircraft disabled the St. Kitts-flagged cargo vessel M/V Huda in the Gulf of Oman after U.S. Central Command said the ship ignored repeated warnings and attempted to breach the naval blockade against Iran.
- U.S. forces have enforced a naval blockade against Iran for months to curb exports; CENTCOM estimated this campaign has prevented the Iranian government from exporting more than $25 billion in crude oil.
- Precision munitions struck the vessel's stern after the crew ignored instructions to abandon targeted spaces, CENTCOM reported, as the ship had attempted to depart regional waters after visiting an Iranian port.
- Separately, Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reported explosions in Jask, Qeshm, Sirik, and Bandar Abbas, though the broadcaster noted it remained unclear whether sounds resulted from attack or enforcement actions in the Strait of Hormuz.
- The U.S. military announced Saturday it is launching a task force to intercept Tehran's movement of advanced weapons and sanctioned materials across land borders and through the Caspian Sea, expanding enforcement beyond the blockade.
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U.S. military says it disabled cargo vessel in Gulf of Oman
The St. Kitts-flagged cargo vessel tried to depart regional waters after visiting an Iranian port, and a U.S. plane fired precision munitions at its stern after U.S. forces directed the crew to abandon targeted spaces, Central Command said
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Miami, U.S.A., Nov. 7 (EFE).- The U.S. created a military task force to prevent Iran from transporting weapons by land, revealed on Saturday the Central Command of the U.S. Army (Centcom), a day after President Donald Trump confirmed new attacks on the Islamic Republic. Centcom, based in Florida, announced in [...] The U.S. entry attacks a commercial ship in the Gulf of Oman for violating the blockade against Iran was first published in HolaNews.
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