{"id":3591,"date":"2026-04-20T12:35:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/us-releases-video-of-iranian-ship-seizure-in-gulf\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T12:35:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:05:57","slug":"us-releases-video-of-iranian-ship-seizure-in-gulf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/?p=3591&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"US Releases Video of Iranian Ship Seizure in Gulf"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>US Forces Intercept Iranian Vessel, Release Footage<\/h3>\n<p>US forces have released video footage depicting the interception and seizure of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf. This operation, which former President Donald Trump stated was conducted as part of a naval blockade, has heightened regional tensions.<\/p>\n<p>According to a post by Donald Trump on his Truth Social platform, the vessel, identified as the **Touska**, was seized by the US Navy after it reportedly **failed to respond to warnings to stop**.<\/p>\n<h3>Iran Condemns Action, Vows Retaliation<\/h3>\n<p>Iran has strongly condemned the incident, describing it as a **&#8217;violation of the ceasefire&#8217;** and an **&#8217;act of armed piracy.&#8217;** Tehran has also declared its intention to retaliate soon for what it views as an unlawful act.<\/p>\n<h3>Centcom Releases Combined Video Evidence<\/h3>\n<p>The United States Central Command (**Centcom**) released two separate videos that have been combined into a single edit. Officials stated that one video segment shows the Iranian ship being warned before shots were fired, while the second clearly illustrates US Marines departing their ship and **boarding the Iranian vessel**.<\/p>\n<p>#USNavy #Iran #GulfSecurity #NavalBlockade #Centcom #MaritimeSecurity #Geopolitics #MiddleEast #InternationalRelations #ShipSeizure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Forces Intercept Iranian Vessel, Release Footage US forces have released video footage depicting the interception and seizure of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf. This operation, which former President Donald Trump stated was conducted as part of a naval blockade, has heightened regional tensions. According to a post by Donald Trump on his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iran_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}