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Iran seizes two cargo ships in Hormuz after Trump extends ceasefire

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22.04.2026

Iran seizes two cargo ships in Hormuz after Trump extends ceasefire

The IRGC Navy’s seizure of two cargo vessels follows US Navy interdictions of two Iran-linked crude oil tankers in the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean earlier this week.

Jared Szuba

Apr 22, 2026

Fishing and cargo ships and ferries are pictured in the Gulf off the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, which is the main base of the Islamic Republic's navy and has a strategic position on the Strait of Hormuz, on April 29, 2019. — ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images

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WASHINGTON —Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said its naval forces seized two cargo vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and redirected them to the Iranian coast on Wednesday.

Iranian state media cited the IRGC Navy as claiming the vessels did not obtain permission to........

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