Renewed tensions – The seizure of the Iranian cargo ship Touska, targeted by US Navy gunfire, is considered an act of piracy by Iran, leaving its participation in negotiations with the United States in limbo, two days before the ceasefire expires.
Since Sunday, it has become a new point of tension between Iran and the United States. The US military navy opened fire on Sunday on the Iranian cargo ship Touska, which was trying to break the blockade of Iranian ports by the United States and took control of it.
A US destroyer intercepted the cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman and ordered it to stop,” said Donald Trump. But the crew refused to comply. The warship then immobilized it by shooting at the engine room. “The US Marines now have control of the ship,” said the US president.
Since the beginning of the US blockade of Iranian ports on April 13, “US forces have turned back 25 commercial ships or redirected them to a port in Iran,” according to Centcom, the US military command for the Middle East.
Mutual accusations
Iran had lifted its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, through which normally a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas trade passes, but announced on Saturday to resume “strict control” in response to the US decision to maintain their blockade of its ports.
On Sunday morning, Donald Trump accused Tehran of violating the ceasefire by launching attacks on Saturday in the Strait of Hormuz, targeting a French ship and another British one, according to him. A CMA CGM ship “was subjected to warning shots” in the strait on Saturday (…)
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