The US has intercepted and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship attempting to get past its blockade of Iran’s ports, Donald Trump say
Iran’s top military headquarters, Khatam al-Anbiya, has vowed that Iran will respond to the US seizing an Iranian-flagged cargo ship and has called it a “violation of the ceasefire”.
According to a statement carried on state media outlets, a spokesperson has said that the US in “violation of the ceasefire opened fire on one of Iran’s commercial vessels in the waters of the Sea of Oman, disabled its navigation system, and boarded it” by “deploying” marines.
“Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran will soon respond to and retaliate for this act of armed piracy by the US Navy,” reads the statement.
The ship was given “fair warning to stop” in the Gulf of Oman but refused, so the navy “stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engine room”, Trump says, adding the ship is in US “custody”
Earlier, Trump said his representatives would be in Pakistan on Monday for negotiations – a White House official says Vice-President JD Vance will lead the US delegation
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