US forces board ship to ensure ‘compliance’ with Iran blockade
(Photo by AFP) / American forces boarded a ship in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday as part of the renewed blockade of Iran’s ports that began earlier this week, the US military said.
The previous day, a US aircraft fired on and disabled an unladen oil tanker that tried to break the blockade.
Tehran announced it was closing the Strait of Hormuz on July 12 and launched missiles and drones at its Gulf neighbours, in retaliation for new US strikes following an attack by Iranian forces on a merchant vessel that was abandoned in flames by its crew.
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