U.S Navy Attacks & Boards Iranian Ship Touska After It Ignored Warnings To Stop

U.S. Navy intercepted an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel that attempted to get past the naval blockade close to the Strait of Hormuz.

According to a social media post, Trump said that the ship identified as Touska was given repeated warnings by the U.S guided missile destroyer in the Gulf of Oman.

However, its crew did not listen and neither did they stop, which is why U.S Marines boarded the ship and took complete custody of it.

The U.S Navy fired at the ship and blew a hole in its engine room when the ship did not halt.

It was sailing from China and was headed to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas when it was intercepted by American troops.

Iran has vowed to retaliate and blamed Washington for breaching the ceasefire by attacking a commercial vessel.

The news came amidst a standoff in Hormuz, which is a critical maritime chokepoint for shipments of around a fifth of the world’s oil supplies.

“It is impossible for others to pass through the Strait of Hormuz while we cannot,” Iran’s Speaker of Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said.

Tehran had announced that the Strait would reopen after a ten-day truce between Israel and the Lebanese Group Hezbollah took place on Friday.

However, it continued to put restrictions on ship crossings after Trump said that the U.S blockade of Iranian ports would remain in force until Iran strikes a deal with Washington.

The hope of an agreement remains bleak as Iran does not want to give up its nuclear program and reserves of uranium, a major point of contention between the two parties.

The Hormuz Strait was reopened briefly over the weekend, with cruise vessels stuck in the region for weeks, rushing to exit the region. Many came close but were forced to turn back, while some could pass through.