American soldiers have boarded a tanker in the Indian Ocean. The US Department of Defense announced this on Thursday, AFP writes. According to the Defense Department, the tanker is loaded with Iranian oil.
- International waters cannot be used as a shield by sanctioned actors. The Department of War will continue to deny illegal actors and their vessels freedom of maneuver in the maritime domain, the Defense Department says on X.
Along with the statement, the ministry has posted a video on the media showing several helicopters arriving at a tanker and soldiers being lowered by a rope and aboard the ship.
The message from the ministry comes the day after Iran seized two ships that were trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's Revolutionary Guard reported according to the AFP news agency. There were several reports of attacks on ships in the strait that day.
Since the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, there have been repeated attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
The two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran was set to expire on Wednesday, but US President Donald Trump announced shortly before the deadline that he was extending it to give more time for negotiations.
Both sides have accused each other of violating the agreement, and Trump stated that he is maintaining the US blockade of Iranian ports.
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