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Iran seizes a commercial ship in Gulf, says US Navy
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The British frigate HMS Lancaster sails as Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels follow behind it in the Strait of Hormuz Friday, May 19, 2023. (AP/Jon Gambrell)
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seizes a commercial ship “possibly engaged in smuggling activity” in the Gulf, the US Navy says.
US forces monitored the incident in international waters, the Bahrain-based US Navy’s Fifth Fleet says in a statement, but “assessed the circumstances of this event did not warrant further response.”
Yesterday, the US Navy said it had blocked two attempts by the Iranian navy to seize commercial tankers in international waters off Oman.
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