The US military said late on Saturday its forces stopped a merchant ship trying to break through its blockade of Iranian ports by firing a missile into its engine room.
According to the US Central Command, the Gambia-flagged cargo ship Lian Star ignored more than 20 warnings from US forces overnight as it tried to enter an Iranian port, the military said. Although the ship remained adrift in the Gulf of Oman, US forces have not boarded it, according to media reports.
