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murder rank	Wed Apr 22 15:06:16 Iran seizes ships in Strait of Hormuz after Trump extends ceasefire Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attacked multiple ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, less than a day after President Trump extended the ceasefire indefinitely until Tehran agrees to negotiate a new deal. The U.K. Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported that an IRGC gun boat approached and then fired on a container ship located 15 nautical miles northeast of Oman. That attack caused “heavy damage” to the ship’s bridge, while no fires or environmental damage were reported and the crew was reported safe, according to the organization. Later in the day, UKMTO noted that an outbound cargo ship eight nautical miles west of Iran was fired upon and had to stop in the water. In that case, the crew was also safe and there was no reported damage to the vessel. The Fars News Agency in Iran, which is close to the IRGC, reported Wednesday morning that two “violating” ships were seized by the IRGC Navy and directed to the coast of Iran. It is unclear whether those ships are the same ones reported by the UKMTO. On Tuesday afternoon, Trump announced that he was extending the ceasefire with Iran until officials from the latter return to the negotiating table. “Based on the fact that the Government of Iran is seriously fractured, not unexpectedly so and, upon the request of Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, of Pakistan, we have been asked to hold our Attack on the Country of Iran until such time as their leaders and representatives can come up with a unified proposal,” the president wrote in a post on Truth Social. He also instructed the U.S. military to continue its naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which has been in place since April 13. That was in response to the IRGC restricting shipping through the waterway, a move that has rocked the oil industry and led to higher prices for gas and other items, such as fertilizer, in the U.S. Later Tuesday, Trump claimed that Iran “doesn’t want the Strait of Hormuz closed, they want it open.” But the regime is keeping restrictions in place to “save face,” he said. “People approached me four days ago, saying, ‘Sir, Iran wants to open up the Strait, immediately,’” the president wrote on Truth Social. “But if we do that, there can never be a Deal with Iran, unless we blow up the rest of their Country, their leaders included!” Later Tuesday night, he repeated his assertions. “Iran is collapsing financially! They want the Strait of Hormuz opened immediately- Starving for cash! Losing 500 Million Dollars a day,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Military and Police complaining that they are not getting paid. SOS!!!” https://th...-of-hormuz-extended-ceasefire/
murder rank	Wed Apr 22 15:25:17 Iran fires on 3 ships in the Strait of Hormuz as US maintains blockade and diplomacy stalls Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them on Wednesday, intensifying its assault on shipping in the key waterway a day after U.S. President Donald Trump extended a ceasefire while maintaining an American blockade of Iranian ports. Read it here: https://ap...7230f7f32b436822484479313840f7
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