Iran's Revolutionary Guard Seizes Container Ship Near Strait Of Hormuz
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Video seen by The Associated Press shows commandos from Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard raiding the ship by helicopter.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Commandos from Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard rappelled down onto a container ship near the Strait of Hormuz and seized the vessel Saturday, authorities said.
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency acknowledged the seizure after a video seen by The Associated Press showed the commandos raiding the ship Saturday, an attack a Mideast defense official attributed to Iran amid wider tensions between Tehran and the West.
The attack was earlier reported by the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which said it took place in the Gulf of Oman off the Emirati port city of Fujairah.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
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