US military says it has fired on ship in Gulf of Oman to enforce blockade of Iranian ports

A US helicopter on Tuesday fired missiles into the engine room of a Panama-flagged cargo ship that attempted to break the American blockade of Iran’s ports, the United States military said. The US Navy MH-60 helicopter fired on and disabled the M/V Vela Nova “after the ship’s civilian crew ignored repeated warnings fro

The US military fired missiles into the engine room of the Panama-flagged cargo ship.

US military says it has fired on a ship in Gulf of Oman to enforce its blockade of Iranian ports  AP News

“We must not get used to the blockade as we did with sanctions,” Majidreza Hariri told Iranian site Khabar Online. “We should impose the cost of lifting the blockade on the US, even through war."

There were no ​immediate reports of casualties from the incident

US fired on Panama-flagged ship that tried to break blockade of Iranian ports, WSJ reports citing US official  Reuters

Tanker, military forces involved in incident in Gulf of Oman: UKMTO  Dawn

Gulf of Oman borders southwestern coast of Pakistan; links Arabian Sea to Strait of Hormuz, serving as a strategic waterway near key Pakistani ports like Gwadar

UKMTO reports incident involving military in Gulf of Oman The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Tuesday it received a report of an incident involving a tanker and military forces in the Gulf of Oman. UKMTO ADVISORY 109-26 https://t.co/oKdOtMYEKi#MaritimeSecurity #MarSec pic.twitter.com/eITh

The U.S. military said it blocked 20 more ships from reaching or leaving Iran's ports, as prospects for a resumption of negotiations appeared bleak.

THE Strait of Hormuz could soon reopen as a deal between Iran and Oman looms, a US official has claimed. They said progress was made in talks between the nations, which sit on either side of the Strait. A deal between Iran and Oman over control of the strategic ­waterway is seen as crucial to...

Iran's politburo-like body known as the Supreme National Security Council said the Strait of Hormuz will not open until the U.S. “corrects its behavior.”

The Trump administration says a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is imminent, but it still has not been announced. CBS News correspondent Natalie Brand is at the White House with more.