La marine américaine a tiré sur un cargo iranien dans le golfe d'Oman et en a pris le contrôle, annonce Trump
The US Navy opened fire on Sunday on an Iranian cargo ship that was trying to break through the US blockade of Iranian ports and took control of it, Donald Trump claimed on his Truth Social network on Sunday.
The Iranian-flagged cargo ship Touska "attempted to breach our maritime blockade, and it paid the price," the US president wrote.
An American destroyer intercepted the cargo ship "in the Gulf of Oman and ordered it to stop," but when the crew refused to obey, the warship immobilized it by firing on the engine room and "the American Marines now have control of the ship," according to Donald Trump.
Touska is subject to sanctions from the US Treasury, he points out.
According to the latest available data from the Marine Traffic website, the Touska container ship, which left Malaysia on April 12, was, about six hours before Donald Trump's announcement, about 45 km off the far south coast of Iran, near the city of Chabahar.
According to the latest figures released Saturday morning by the US military, since the start of the US blockade of Iranian ports on April 13, "23 ships have complied with orders from US forces to turn back".
Iran had lifted its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, through which normally one-fifth of the world's oil and natural gas trade passes, but announced on Saturday that it was regaining "strict control" of it, in response to the United States' decision to maintain its blockade of its ports.
In a previous message on Truth Social Sunday morning, Donald Trump accused Tehran of violating the ceasefire, which expires in three days, by launching attacks Saturday in the Strait of Hormuz, targeting in particular a French ship and another British one, according to him.
A CMA CGM ship "was the target of warning shots yesterday (Saturday)" in the Strait of Hormuz, the French shipping group told AFP on Sunday.
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