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Two ships person travel nether onslaught successful the Strait of Hormuz, according to the British military, 1 cargo vessel and 1 instrumentality ship, perchance jeopardizing efforts to resume bid talks betwixt the U.S. and Iran.
The U.K. Maritime Trade Operations Centre (UKMTO) reported aboriginal Wednesday that the an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps "gun boat" had fired astatine a instrumentality ship 15 nautical miles northeast of Oman. There was nary vigor informing earlier the vessel "fired upon the vessel," according to the British Royal Navy-led UKMTO, causing "heavy harm to the bridge" but with each unit "reported safe."
In this handout photograph provided by U.S. Central Command, U.S. forces patrol the Arabian Sea adjacent M/V Touska connected April 20, 2026, aft firing upon the Iranian-flagged vas that the U.S. accused of attempting to interruption the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports adjacent the Strait of Hormuz.
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Three hours later, the UKMTO reported a second incident, this clip 8 nautical miles westbound of Iran, successful which a cargo vessel said it had been fired connected and was "now stopped successful the water." The unit members were "safe and accounted for" and determination was nary notation of the root of the attack.
Data from the ship-tracking website MarineTraffic showed 2 instrumentality ships stopped disconnected the seashore of Iran adjacent the Strait of Hormuz aboriginal connected Wednesday: the Panama-flagged MSC Francesca and the Greek-operated Epaminondas. Both vessels had antecedently broadcast their positions successful the Persian Gulf.
Sources speaking to the Financial Times Wednesday said they were the 2 ships that had travel nether attack.
The companies that ain the ships did not reply to a CBS News petition for remark connected the presumption of the respective crews.
The Reuters quality bureau reported that a 3rd vessel was deed by gunfire successful the strait Wednesday, but the UKMTO did not corroborate that study to CBS News.
The attacks travel aft President Trump announced that the deadline for the fragile ceasefire betwixt the U.S. and Iran would beryllium extended Tuesday, hours earlier it was owed to expire, to let for further bid talks.
The president said helium granted the ceasefire aft a petition signifier Pakistan, which hosted the archetypal circular of talks, and helium blamed Iran's "seriously fractured" authorities for the delay.
Mr. Trump said helium was giving Tehran much accidental to "come up with a unified proposal."
"I person truthful directed our Military to proceed the Blockade and, successful each different respects, stay acceptable and able, and volition truthful widen the Ceasefire until specified clip arsenic their connection is submitted, and discussions are concluded, 1 mode oregon the other," Mr. Trump posted connected his Truth Social platform Tuesday afternoon.
Iran's semi-official quality bureau Tasnim reported Tuesday that Iran had not requested the extension of the ceasefire.
Mahdi Mohammadi, a elder advisor to Iran's parliament speaker, posted on X Tuesday that the hold "means nothing," adding that the continuation of the "siege" is "no antithetic signifier bombardment and indispensable beryllium met with a subject response."
He characterized Mr. Trump's ceasefire hold arsenic "certainly a ploy to bargain clip for a astonishment strike."
Wednesday's attacks travel aft the U.S. fired connected and seized an Iranian instrumentality vessel implicit the play and boarded an lipid tanker linked to Iran's lipid commercialized successful the Indian Ocean.
Joanne Stocker contributed to this report.
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