The Republican stated that the vessel is still subject to Treasury Department sanctions
The President of the United States, Donald Trumpsaid this Sunday (19) that his Navy opened fire in the Gulf of Oman on an Iranian ship. The Republican stated that Washington’s forces took control of the vessel.
“[O cargueiro Touska] tried to escape our sea blockade and things didn’t go well for them,” Trump wrote on the Truth Social network.
The Republican stated that Touska is subject to Treasury Department sanctions two United States.
According to the latest data available on the Marine Traffic website, the container ship Touska, which sailed from Malaysia on April 12, was about 45 km off the southern coast of Irannear the city of Chabahar.
According to the numbers released on Saturday morning (18) at US Armysince the beginning of the blockade of Iranian ports, on April 13, “23 ships complied with orders from US forces to return”.
Iran lifted on Friday (17) the blockade of Strait of Hormuzthrough which a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas trade normally passes. However, the following day, he announced that he was returning to impose “strict control” over the passage in response to the United States’ decision to maintain the ban on Iranian ports.
In a previous message published this Sunday in Truth Social, Trump accused Tehran of violating the ceasefire when launching attacks in Hormuz, directed, according to him, against a French and a British ship, among others.
A CMA CGM ship “he was the target of warning shots yesterday” in the Strait of Hormuz, the French shipping group informed AFP.
