{"id":321725,"date":"2026-04-20T15:29:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=321725"},"modified":"2026-04-20T15:29:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:59:53","slug":"iran-warns-it-is-going-to-soon-retaliate-after-us-forces-seize-tanker-near-strait-of-hormuz-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/iran-warns-it-is-going-to-soon-retaliate-after-us-forces-seize-tanker-near-strait-of-hormuz-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran warns it is going to ‘soon retaliate’ after US forces seize tanker near Strait of Hormuz | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Iran has warned it is going to \u2018soon retaliate\u2019 after the US Marine seized considered one of its ships along the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

The country\u2019s top military command said the US has violated the eleventh-hour two-week ceasefire by firing on the M\/V Touska.<\/p>\n

Hazrat Khatam al-Anbiya chiefs said: \u2018Aggressor America, violating the ceasefire and interesting in maritime piracy, fired upon considered one of Iran\u2019s business ships within the waters of the Sea of Oman and disabled its navigation system.<\/p>\n

\u2018They further assaulted the vessel by landing numerous their terrorist riflemen onto the deck of the mentioned vessel.\u2019<\/p>\n

The statement shared by the Iranian Mehr News Agency added: \u2018We warn that the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran will soon reply to and\u00a0retaliate against this armed piracy by the US military.\u2019<\/p>\n

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A helicopter ahead of an operation to board and seize the Iranian-flagged cargo ship M\/V Touska (Picture: Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Marines from the USS Tripoli seized the cargo ship yesterday during a six-hour standoff within the Gulf of Oman.<\/p>\n

The USS Spruance, a guided missile destroyer, intercepted the tanker because it tried to sail towards the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. <\/p>\n

Iranian ports are currently under a US blockade, a policy in response to Iran\u2019s saying that ships passing through the Strait would want to pay a toll. <\/p>\n

The Spruance fired several rounds into the world and boarded the ship after telling the Touska crew to evacuate the engine room.<\/p>\n

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that the M\/V Touska had \u2018didn’t comply with repeated warnings\u2019.<\/p>\n

CENTCOM said Marines departed the Tripoli assault ship by helicopter and rappelled (descended by rope) and \u2018disabled Touska\u2019s propulsion\u2019.<\/p>\n

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U.S. Marines depart amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7) by helicopter and transit over the Arabian Sea to board and seize M\/V Touska. The Marines rappelled onto the Iranian-flagged vessel, April 19, after guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) disabled Touska\u2019s\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/mFxI5RzYCS<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) April 20, 2026<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n

Donald Trump added in a Truth Social post: \u2018The Iranian crew refused to listen, so our Navy ship stopped them right of their tracks by blowing a hole within the engineroom.\u2019<\/p>\n

Iranian media reported that \u2018aggressive\u2019 American forces \u2018opened fire on an Iranian merchant ship to force it to return to Iranian territorial waters\u2019.<\/p>\n

The ship is currently off the coast of the port city of Beris, based on the monitoring website MarineTraffic<\/a>. <\/p>\n

It comes after Tehran rejected collaborating in a second round of peace talks because the US President threatened to flatten Iran\u2019s civilian infrastructure. <\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s official state news agency, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), reported that Iran wouldn’t be collaborating in the continued peace talks.<\/p>\n

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