The US has attacked and seized an Iranian cargo ship attempting to get past its blockade of Iran’s ports, President Trump said on Sunday in a statement.
According to Trump, the ship was given “fair warning to stop” but the crew “refused to listen, so our Navy ship stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engineroom”
“Vacate your engine room, vacate your engine room, we’re prepared to subject you to disabling fire”, Trump added. Continue Reading…
Meanwhile, Iran’s joint military command said Tehran would respond soon and called the US seizure an act of piracy that violated the ceasefire that has been in place since 8 April.
The news threw into question Donald Trump’s earlier announcement that US negotiators would head to Pakistan on Monday for another round of talks with Iran. That had raised hopes of extending a fragile ceasefire set to expire by Wednesday, but Iran has not confirmed it will attend.
Iranian spokesman said they have “no plans for the next round of negotiation, and no decision has been made” on whether they will attend.
The US-Iran two-week ceasefire is due to end on Wednesday. On Sunday, Trump again threatened to strike Iranian power plants and bridges if a deal is not reached. Continue Reading…
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