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Iran talks is to be held in Pakistan on Monday – but Tehran has not confirmed participation, two days before a ceasefire deal expires. The capture by US Marines of an Iranian-flagged container ship
Marine Expeditionary Unit [boarded](/news/2026/4/20/us-captures-iranian-ship-touska-amid-mediation-efforts-all-we-know) the Touska and captured the ship.  trying to cross raising concerns an escalation
US, Iran violates international law, shipping body says A prominent shipping organisation has condemned the United States and Iran’s tit-for-tat capture of commercial ships and is calling for the immediate release
Marine Expeditionary Unit clambered onto the Touska, and captured the ship. In a grainy video released by CENTCOM, US troops can be seen flying from the USS Tripoli on helicopters, then using ropes to climb
Iran enforced restrictions on the passage of most vessels through the strait early in the war, and on April 13, the US launched its own naval blockade of Iranian ports and ships trying to transit
US Navy captured three Iran-linked commercial vessels in the Gulf and the Indian Ocean. The prospect of being detained on top of being stranded at sea has created an “enhanced state of fear,” said
captured in the Bay of Bengal between India and Southeast Asia and was carrying Iranian oil. The US military will decide in the coming days what to do with the vessel, for instance
Marine Corps Lieutenant General Michael Borgschulte and Secretary of the Navy John Phelan (R) before the game between the Navy Midshipmen and the Army West Point Black Knights at M&T Bank Stadium [File: Tommy
Marines have now taken charge of the vessel, which Trump alleged was under US Treasury sanctions for prior illegal activity. Iran has described the seizure of the ship as “piracy”. . While Tehran was previously allowing ships from countries it deemed
ships came under fire in the Strait of Hormuz Wednesday morning**, hours after President Trump announced that he is extending the ceasefire with Iran. The attacks put the possibility of [peace talks in jeopardy