Donald Trump has said the US forcibly seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship on Sunday that tried to get around a naval blockade near the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump, in a post on social media, said the ship was warned by a US Navy guided missile destroyer in the Gulf of Oman to stop, but it did not.
“Our Navy ship stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engine room,” Trump wrote.
He said US Marines had custody of the cargo ship, named Touska, and were “seeing what’s on board!”
The seizure escalates a back-and-forth with Iran over traffic in the strait and comes as the US was preparing for a second round of in-person talks with Iran, as a fragile ceasefire runs out in days.
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