In brief
In a move to curb Iranian maritime activities, U.S. forces disabled the cargo vessel M/V Huda in the Gulf of Oman. The ship had attempted to exit Iranian waters after visiting an Iranian port and repeatedly disregarded U.S. blockade warnings. CENTCOM said U.S. aircraft fired precision munitions at the stern, disabling the vessel and forcing its crew to abandon it.
U.S. forces disabled the St. Kitts and Nevis‑flagged cargo ship M/V Huda in the Gulf of Oman on Saturday, according to a statement from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) carried by Xinhua.
A U.S. military aircraft fired precision munitions at the ship’s stern, disabling that section and forcing the crew to abandon targeted spaces, the CENTCOM statement said.
The vessel had reportedly attempted to leave Iranian territorial waters after visiting an Iranian port and had repeatedly ignored a U.S. naval blockade, CENTCOM said.
Since July, U.S. forces have redirected 147 commercial vessels and disabled five merchant ships that refused to comply with the blockade, the statement added. It also noted that earlier this year U.S. forces destroyed 10 Iranian commercial oil tankers that were said to be part of a shadow network run by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Central Command confirmed the operation in a brief release that was posted on its official website the same afternoon, mirroring the Xinhua report.
No independent verification of the strike yet exists beyond the CENTCOM announcement, and the incident has not yet been confirmed by Iran or the ship’s operators.
