Trump claims US destroyer hit Iran cargo ship trying to evade blockade

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US President Donald Trump has claimed that a US destroyer ship opened fire and then took control of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman that tried to evade a US naval blockade, reports AFP.

Trump claimed on Truth Social that after the Iranian vessel ignored warnings to stop, the US guided missile destroyer “stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engineroom”.

“Right now, US Marines have custody of the vessel,” the US president said,

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