US claims ship hit by Houthis was headed to Iran
Al Jazeera
A Houthi military spokesman reiterated that attacks from Yemen will persist until Israel halts its war in Gaza.
The United States has claimed that a cargo ship hit by missiles fired by Houthi fighters in Yemen was headed to Iran.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) said early on Tuesday that the MV Star Iris was transiting through the Red Sea to reach the port city of Bandar Imam Khomeini in southern Iran.
The US military asserted in a post on X that the vessel was carrying a shipment of corn from Brazil. It identified the Star Iris as a “Greek-owned, Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel”.
The Iran-linked Houthis had identified the vessel as US-linked on Monday, and confirmed hitting it while it travelled in waters off Yemen.
The armed group said that the ship was targeted with “a number of suitable naval missiles” in “accurate and direct” strikes.