The attacks unfolded just a day after Trump said he would extend the two-week ceasefire with Iran indefinitely.
Live updates: Trump orders US military to ‘shoot and kill’ Iranian small boats choking Strait of Hormuz
Iranian State TV on Thursday aired what it said was video of Iran’s Navy seizing vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
Major developments we’re monitoring:
- U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” Iranian small boats choking the Strait of Hormuz. In a social media post Thursday morning, he said the military is intensifying its mine-clearing efforts in the critical waterway. The move intensified the U.S.-Iran standoff in the Persian Gulf.
- Earlier Thursday, the U.S. military said it seized another tanker associated with smuggling Iranian oil, deepening confusion over efforts to end the war. Ship-tracking data showed the ship, Majestic X, in roughly the same location in the Indian Ocean as the oil tanker Tifani that was previously seized by American forces.
- On Wednesday, Iran attacked three cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz and captured two of them, calling it retaliation for the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports. The attacks unfolded just a day after Trump said he would extend the two-week ceasefire with Iran indefinitely.
- The U.S. Senate voted against a Democratic attempt to halt Trump’s war in Iran, rejecting the resolution 46-51 on Wednesday, as Republicans in Congress have largely backed Trump’s military efforts. It was the fifth time this year that the Senate voted to cede its war powers to the president in a conflict that Democrats say is illegal and unjustified.
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