Iran’s Revolutionary Guards intercepted and seized two container vessels trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
One of them was a Liberia-flagged ship, identified as Epaminodas, which was on its way to Mundra Port in the Indian State of Gujarat.
The second one was a Panama-flagged vessel named MSC Francesca.
Both the container ships were closer to the Iranian shores and in the northeast of Oman when they were captured by Iran and taken to its coast.
The recent ship captures in the Strait came after U.S President Donald Trump proposed extending the ceasefire to allow more time for peace talks with Iran and reach an agreement.
In another incident, a ship was fired upon and ordered to stop around 8 nm west of the Iranian coast, per UKMTO.
British Security firm Vanguard Tech identified the vessel as the Panama-flagged containership Euphoria, which it stated was “transiting outbound of the Strait of Hormuz”.
Three ships in the strait reported incidents involving gunboats,
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