President Donald Trump says a U.S. Naval vessel fired on an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman Sunday as it attempted to bypass the ongoing U.S. blockade of Iranian port traffic.
In a social media message Sunday, President Trump said the Iranian ship, named Touska, did not follow directions to stop. A U.S. Navy destroyer fired on the ship.
“Our Navy ship stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engineroom,” President Trump wrote.
According to the president, the U.S. sent a detachment of Marines to board and currently has control of the ship.
Further details were not immediately available.
Touska was previously sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury as part of measures targeted against the Iranian government.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.