Tehran has not commented on the incident, which comes as the US prepares for a second round of talks.

Iran's top negotiator said recent talks with the US had made progress, while President Donald Trump cited "very good conversations" with Tehran.

The president touted the attack via Truth Social on Sunday afternoon, ahead of peace talks between negotiators from the US and Iran in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Monday.

Donald Trump said the Iranian-flagged vessel, identified as Touska, was intercepted in the Gulf of Oman by the US Navy destroyer USS Spruance.

The Iranian-flagged cargo ship ignored warnings to stop, said the US President. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Iran said it has opened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping traffic for the reamiiner of a 10-day cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon, and US President Donald Trump again suggested that Washington and Tehran could reach a deal to end the US-Israeli war with Iran in the near future.

The United States attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship it said had tried to evade a naval blockade near the Strait of Hormuz.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. forcibly seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship that tried to get around a naval blockade near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, the first such interception since the blockade of Iranian ports began last week. Trump on social media said the ship was warned by…

US forces have fired at and seized an Iranian-flagged ship in the Gulf of Oman that was attempting to evade a US maritime blockade, President Donald Trump and the Pentagon said on April 19, while Iran's military command angrily threatened to retaliate.

Iran insists it has no plans to attend a new round of negotiations with the United States, as uncertainty over efforts aimed at keeping their nearly two-month-long war from reigniting grows.

Lyse Doucet speaks to Ebrahim Azizi, who says Iran "will decide the right of passage" through the crucial shipping route.

Lyse Doucet speaks to Ebrahim Azizi, who says Iran "will decide the right of passage" through the crucial shipping route.

Hopes of a breakthrough faded after Iran confirmed its absence from the second round of talks in Islamabad, which it said stemmed from Washington’s "excessive demands, unrealistic expectations, constant shifts in stance, repeated contradictions", and the naval blockade of its ports.

The US military has seized an Iranian-flagged container ship after it attempted to breach an American naval blockade near the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump said on Sunday. In a social...

Calling it 'armed piracy', Iran's top joint military command, Khatam al-Anbiya, said that Tehran would respond soon to the seizure.

Iran's powerful parliament speaker said there has been "progress" in talks with Washington but that "fundamental" differences remain, while US President Donald Trump rejected what he called "blackmail" by Tehran after it again closed the Strait of Hormuz.

Traffic in the vital trade route has been at a standstill today.

Attention has once again turned to the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most sensitive waterways, where shipping has been disrupted due to rising tensions over a continuing US naval blockade and Iran’s response in the region.

Strait of Hormuz tensions: Two Indian-flagged tankers were shot at in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. According to several media reports, a voice in the audio clip can be heard stating that the vessel Sanmar Herald had “clearance.”