The spokesman for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbia Central Headquarters warned that the latest act of “piracy” by US military forces against an Iranian trade vessel will soon be met with retaliation.
“The aggressive United States, by violating the ceasefire and engaging in maritime banditry, attacked one of Iran’s commercial ships in the waters of the Sea of Oman by opening fire at it, disabling its navigation system, and deploying a number of its terrorist marines onto the deck of the vessel,” the spokesperson said.
“We caution that the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran will soon respond to and retaliate for this act of piracy and armed aggression by the US military,” he added.
His warning came after Iranian container vessel ‘Tousak’ sailing from China to Iran came under attack by US terrorist forces in the Gulf of Oman on Sunday night.
The US Central Command said Touska was headed to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas and claimed that it ignored multiple US warnings over six hours to evacuate the engine room.
The US president said the US Navy stopped the ship by blowing a hole in its engine room.
Following the attack, Iranian military forces launched drone strikes toward several US military vessels in the area in response.
The development comes amid a standoff in the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for the shipment of about a fifth of the world’s oil, amid threats from a US blockade on ships heading to and from Iranian ports.
Source: Tasnim news agency