13 minutes agoU.S. says he stopped a cargo ship that tried to avoid blockade
Periskopi(3 months ago)
(3 months ago)The U.S. Central Command (Centcom) says it has seized a cargo ship with the Iranian flag that tried to avoid its blockade on all vessels entering or leaving Iranian ports, the BBC reported. Centcom says the ship was picked up Tuesday after leaving the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas and came out [...]
Centcom says the ship was seized Tuesday after leaving the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas and left the Strait of Hormuz.
She says the US Marine Destroyer USS Sprout “successfully redirected the ship”, which is now returning to Iran.
Centcom adds that it has successfully returned 10 ships back to Iran and says no one has broken the blockade since it was implemented on Monday. /Periscope
