US forces have boarded a ship carrying Iranian oil in the Indian Ocean, the US military says
It comes as the deputy speaker of the Iranian parliament says Iran has received the first tolls from shipping in the Strait of Hormuz
He did not say who paid the tolls, or how much they were, and the BBC has not verified his claim
Donald Trump says in a Truth Social post he has ordered the US Navy to “shoot and kill any boat” laying mines in the strait, while claiming in a separate post Iranians “don’t know” who their leader is
Yesterday, Iran attacked three cargo ships as they tried to pass through the Strait of Hormuz – and claimed it seized two of them. BBC Verify has analysed footage, said to be of the seizures, released by Iranian media
Trump gives ‘shoot and kill’ order for Strait of Hormuz
Donald Trump has said he has ordered the US Navy to “shoot and kill” any boat mining the Strait of Hormuz.
In a statement on his Truth Social network, the US president claimed that his “mine sweepers” were “clearing the strait right now”.
There are fears that Iran has mined the crucial waterway, although this has not been confirmed.
If it has done so, it would threaten to stop traffic through the strait – which in peacetime is responsible for a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas – in the long-term, further damaging the global economy.
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