Iran seizes two cargo ships in Hormuz after Trump extends ceasefire
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........
