Trump says US struck, seized Iranian-flagged cargo ship
US President Donald Trump speaks to the media, earlier than boarding Air Force One on his method to Virginia, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US, April 10, 2026.
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The US struck and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship within the Gulf of Oman, President donald trump mentioned Sunday.
In a submit to Social Truththe president mentioned the US intercepted a ship referred to as the TOUSKA within the Gulf of Oman and gave it a warning to cease. The vessel was fired upon when it didn’t cease. The US has been working a naval blockade of ships getting into and exiting Iranian ports since final week.
“The Iranian crew refused to listen, so our Navy ship stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engine room,” Trump mentioned within the submit. “Right now, US Marines have custody of the vessel. The TOUSKA is under US Treasury Sanctions because of their prior history of illegal activity.”
The seizure is an obvious escalation of the blockade, and comes after Iran fired upon business vessels trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz earlier on Sunday.
US envoys led by Vice President J.D. Vance have been anticipated to journey to Pakistan on Monday for a second spherical of peace talks with their Iranian counterparts, a White House official informed CNBC. Iran later rebuffed these talks, in line with a state media report.
trump warned on Sunday that if Iran didn’t comply with the US’s phrases to finish the battle, he would “knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran.”
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