Commercial ships leaving Iranian ports face renewed blockade enforcement after US forces disabled the cargo vessel M/V Huda in the Gulf of Oman on Saturday, according to US Central Command.
A US military aircraft fired precision munitions at the stern of the St. Kitts-flagged ship, disabling it after Central Command forces directed the crew to leave the targeted spaces, the command said in a statement. It said the civilian crew ignored repeated warnings and tried multiple times to violate the naval blockade against Iran, and that the vessel was leaving regional waters after a visit to an Iranian port.
Enforcement since July
Central Command said its enforcement actions since July have redirected 147 commercial vessels that complied with warnings and disabled five merchant ships that refused to comply.
Shadow fleet tankers
Separately, the command said it has previously destroyed another 10 Iranian commercial oil tankers that were part of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ multibillion-dollar shadow network.
Central Command advised all mariners transiting near Iranian coastal areas or surrounding waters to heed blockade warnings from US forces.
JBizNews Desk | Tampa, Florida
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