Iranian Forces Have Boarded the Marshall Island-Flagged Maersk Tigris
The Iranian military on Tuesday seized a Western cargo ship in the Persian Gulf, the Pentagon said, roiling markets. () Warning shots were fired but no injuries were reported, a shipping agency said.
The Pentagon said the Marshall Islands-flagged Maersk Tigris did not have any U.S. citizens aboard and was traveling through the Strait of Hormuz when the confrontation occurred.
Al Arabiya, the Saudi news network, initially reported that a U.S. vessel has been fired on and steered to the Bandar Abbas port by Iran. Iran’s Fars News Agency also reported that an “American trade vessel” had been confiscated.
The Pentagon said it was reviewing its U.S. defense obligations to the Marshall Islands after the seizure. It also called the Iranian firing of warning shots at the ship “inappropriate.”
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