President Donald Trump said the Navy stopped and boarded an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman, “blowing a hole” in its engine room after it ignored warnings to stop.
A US guided missile destroyer “intercepted the TOUSKA in the Gulf of Oman, and gave them fair warning to stop,” Trump wrote on a social media post Sunday. “The Iranian crew refused to listen, so our Navy ship stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engineroom. Right now, US Marines have custody of the vessel.”
The ship is under US Treasury sanctions due to a history of “illegal activity,” Trump said.
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