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The US military resumed a naval blockade on all ships entering and leaving Iranian ports on July 14. In the past three months, 4 merchant ships have been destroyed and paralyzed, and 135 ships have been forced to return. At the same time, the US military claimed to have destroyed 10 shadow tankers related to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
The U.S. Central Command released the latest video of an attack on a freighter. This is the fourth freighter in the past three months to be attacked and paralyzed in an attempt to break through the blockade. (Picture taken from X)
Another cargo ship tried to break through the US blockade and was paralyzed by fighter jets! The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) released the latest video of an attack on a freighter. This is the fourth freighter in the past three months to be attacked and paralyzed in an attempt to break through the blockade.
The U.S. Central Command announced that a Panamanian-flagged M/V Ocean Molica (also known as Arika Sun) ignored multiple warnings and set out from an Iranian port in an attempt to break the U.S. naval blockade of Iran. A U.S. military fighter jet hit its stern with a precision-guided weapon, damaging its propulsion system. The Ocean Molica was paralyzed in the Gulf of Oman.
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Central Command released a video of the attack, which showed a missile falling from the sky and hitting the Ocean Mollica. There was a big explosion at the stern of the ship and flames erupted. The U.S. military emphasized that the attack did not cause any harm to anyone on board.
The US military resumed the US blockade of all ships entering and leaving Iranian ports on July 14. During the three months, 4 commercial ships have been paralyzed and 135 ships have returned. Additionally, during the same period, U.S. forces have destroyed 10 multi-billion-dollar shadow tankers associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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The U.S. military will continue to monitor and may take similar actions against merchant ships trying to break the blockade in the coming weeks.
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