US military boards Iranian-flagged oil tanker in Gulf of Oman

The U.S. military on Wednesday boarded an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman suspected of trying to violate the U.S. naval blockade by sailing toward an Iranian port.

The Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit boarded M/T Celestial Sea, which sailed under the flag of Aruba and is over 120 meters long, the U.S. Central Command (Centcom), which oversees U.S. forces in the Middle East, said on social media. 

The Marines released the tanker after searching and directing the vessel’s crew to change course, according to Centcom.

The U.S. military has continued to enforce the naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz and has so far redirected 91 commercial ships, per........

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