Trump says US seized Iran-flagged ship trying to get past Hormuz blockade

US president says his country’s ​forces ⁠stopped cargo ⁠ship Touska by ‘blowing a hole’ successful ‌its motor room.

US President Donald Trump has said United States forces person seized an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel that tried to get past his country’s naval blockade adjacent the Strait of Hormuz.

There was nary contiguous remark by Iran.

In a societal media station connected Sunday, Trump said the ship, named Touska, was warned by a US Navy guided rocket destroyer successful the Gulf of Oman to stop, but its “crew refused to listen”.

He added that the US Navy “stopped them close successful their tracks by blowing a spread successful the motor room” and that US Marines had custody of the vessel, and were “seeing what’s connected board”.

Trump’s connection comes amid a standoff successful the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for astir a 5th of the world’s oil, amid threats from Iran and a US blockade connected ships heading to and from Iranian ports.

Earlier connected Sunday, Iranian officials said ships would not walk portion the US blockade – successful spot since April 13 – remained successful effect. “It is intolerable for others to walk done the Strait of Hormuz portion we cannot,” Speaker of Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said.

Iran had announced the strait’s reopening aft a 10-day truce betwixt Israel and the Lebanese radical Hezbollah took clasp connected Friday.

But Iran said it would proceed enforcing its restrictions determination aft Trump said the US blockade “will stay successful afloat force” until Tehran reaches a woody with Washington.

After a short-lived emergence successful transit attempts connected Saturday, ships successful the Gulf erstwhile again stayed put, aft reports of vessels coming nether occurrence mid-passage and being forced to withdraw.

Trump’s connection came hours aft helium said US negotiators would travel to the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, connected Monday for imaginable talks with Iran aimed astatine ending the US-Israel warfare connected Iran.

That had raised hopes of extending a fragile ceasefire acceptable to expire by Wednesday, but Iranian authorities media reported that Tehran had not agreed to a 2nd circular of talks.