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US says it disabled commercial ship heading to Iran

The US military has stopped another merchant vessel trying to break through the United States blockade of Iranian ports, the US Central Command says.

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.

The ship remained adrift in the Gulf of Oman and US forces have not boarded it, a US official with knowledge of the situation said.

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