U.S. Forces Intercept Ship Near Iran
The US military fired upon a commercial vessel that attempted to breach the blockade imposed on Iranian ports in the Gulf of Oman, after the ship tried to violate the blockade at least four times. The spokesperson for US Central Command confirmed that the crew did not comply with the warnings, which led to disabling the engine room of the vessel, "MT Laven." This is the second such action since the re-imposition of sanctions on Iran, in a US escalation equivalent to preventing Iran from passing three oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran insists on controlling despite Washington's efforts to open it for international navigation.
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