It appears that war is on the horizon now.

Iran has condemned the U.S. seizure of its flagged cargo shipTouskaas “armed maritime piracy” and a violation of the ongoing ceasefire between the two countries—warning of imminent retaliation over the incident in the Gulf of Oman, near the Strait of Hormuz. It is confirmed that President Trump ordered the US Navy to fire artillery at the commercial vessel, hitting its engine room, and before deploying Marines to board the damaged ship in what legal experts confirm is an “act of piracy” according to international maritime law.

In response, Iranian forces are said to have launched drone strikes late Sunday targeting multiple US ships. Iranian news outletTasnim Newsagency has since reported that Iranian drones were deployed against US vessels after US forces boarded the Iran-linked container ship. Their report has not specified if the targets were either military or commercial.

Here are more details on this developing situation…

Iran has denounced a US attack on one of its vessels as“armed maritime piracy,”warning of retaliation.

On Sunday, a US warship fired at and subsequently seized an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman. The military said the ship, identified as the Touska, was attempting to breach a naval blockade and head for Bandar Abbas through the Strait of Hormuz.

In a statement released shortly afterward, Iran’s military command center, Khatam al-Anbiya, condemned the strike on a vessel returning from China, accusing Washington of violating the ceasefire in place since April 8.

“We warn that the armed forces of… Iran will soon respond and retaliate against this armed piracy and the US military,”a spokesperson for the command center said, as cited by ISNA news agency.

US President Donald Trump announced the blockade of Iranian ports last week after Pakistani-mediated talks failed to achieve a breakthrough.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said the US blockade of Iran’s ports and coastline is an act of aggression that violates the ceasefire.

Source: 21st Century Wire