A ship was seized off the UAE and taken toward Iran, while an Indian-flagged cargo ship sank off Oman after an attack, escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz amid U.S.-Iran talks and Iranian claims of control over the waterway.
Iran stated it refrained from retaliating against the April 19 US seizure of an Iranian commercial vessel in the Gulf of Oman because some crew members' family members were on board, creating security restrictions. The US Central Command reported that the Iranian-flagged cargo vessel was intercepted while heading to an Iranian port as part of the US-imposed blockade of Iranian ports. After the crew failed to comply with US demands, a guided-missile destroyer struck the ship's engine room and US marines boarded the vessel. Tehran vowed to forcefully retaliate once crew and family security is ensured.
Iran has accused the US of ‘armed maritime piracy’ after a US warship seized an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel Read Full Article at RT.com
