Iran, Touska cargo ship and US destroyer shooting

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What is USS Spruance? Inside US Navy destroyer that seized Iranian cargo ship
The United States military says its forces stopped and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Arabian Sea after it tried to sail toward Iran despite an American naval blockade.

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What a US destroyer shooting a cargo ship's engine out reveals about how the Navy is handling Iran blockade runners
US Navy destroyer ‘blows a hole’ through Iranian cargo ship that tried to break Hormuz blockade, Trump says
Trump dispatches Witkoff and Kushner to Pakistan for new talks with Iran’s foreign minister
Iran’s top diplomat on Friday headed to Pakistan, where officials have been trying to get the United States and Iran to convene for a second round of ceasefire negotiations.

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Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended by 3 weeks, Trump says
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Reported Seizure of Ships Injects New Uncertainty Over Peace Talks
Iranian news media reported that the Guards had targeted the two cargo vessels, the MSC Francesca and the Epaminondas, a Greek-owned ship, because they did not abide by Iran’s recently imposed rules f...

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U.S. ramps up pressure on Iran with Hormuz blockade and warnings
Iran shows off its control over strait, Israel warns of further attacks
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Top general shares new details on how a US destroyer shot out the engine of an Iran blockade runner

USS Spruance fired nine "inert" rounds into the engine room of the Iranian-flagged M/V Touska last weekend.
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US Navy destroyer fires on cargo vessel attempting to sail to Iranian port

The USS Spruance "disabled Touska's propulsion by firing several rounds from the destroyer's 5-inch MK 45 Gun into Touska's engine room," CENTCOM stated.

Iran cargo ship seized by US could become ‘spoils of war’

The US made good on its threat to board and seize any vessel defying its blockade of Iran’s ports on Sunday, with footage released by the military showing a guided-missile destroyer firing on the Iran-linked Touska,

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