Most of those vessels have been oil tankers, CENTCOM said on X tonight.
Iran attacked three ships in the Strait of Hormuz this morning, saying its Revolutionary Guard seized two of them and further inflaming tensions over the key waterway. It comes after U.S. forces seized an Iranian ship and boarded a tanker linked to Tehran’s oil trade.
The U.S. has vowed that no ships would be allowed into or out of Iran’s ports as part of the naval blockade, intended to put pressure on Tehran.
Iranian officials have said that they consider the blockade to be a violation of the cease-fire with the U.S. and today attacked three ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
