Donald Trump said that a US naval destroyer seized an Iranian vessel in the Gulf of Oman, as Washington and Tehran gave conflicting accounts of whether new peace talks were set to begin in Pakistan.
In a Truth Social post on Sunday, the president said the Iranian-flagged cargo ship Touska “tried to get past our Naval Blockade, and it did not go well for them”.
He said the guided missile destroyer USS Spruance intercepted the ship by “blowing a hole” in its engine room after the vessel ignored warnings to stop. The US now had custody of the ship, he added, which was under Treasury department sanctions because of a “history of illegal activity”.