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CENTCOM releases new photos of US raid on Iranian tanker

CENTCOM has published new images of the US navy seizing an Iranian-flagged container ship in the Gulf of Oman on Sunday.

Troops aboard the USS Spruance intercepted the M/V Touska in the Arabian Sea as it sailed toward Bandar Abbas.

The operation is the first known time that the US fired on a commercial vessel during the conflict.

US President Donald Trump said American troops fired on and took ‘full custody’ of the vessel in the Gulf of Oman after it refused ‘fair warning to stop’.

The US navy had warned that it would board and seize any tankers attempting to evade its maritime siege, which began on April 13, of vessels going to or from Iranian ports.

A helicopter carries U.S. Marines from the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli at an unknown location, in what the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) says is an operation to board and seize Iranian-flagged cargo ship M/V Touska, in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on April 20, 2026. U.S. Central Command via X/Handout via REUTERS    THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT  VERIFICATION:                                     - Location and date could not be verified - No older version of the video was found posted before April 20
A helicopter carries U.S. Marines from the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli at an unknown location, in what the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) says is an operation to board and seize Iranian-flagged cargo ship M/V Touska, in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on April 20, 2026. U.S. Central Command via X/Handout via REUTERS    THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT  VERIFICATION:                                     - Location and date could not be verified - No older version of the video was found posted before April 20
A U.S. Marine from the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli rappels onto the Iranian-flagged cargo ship M/V Touska, in what the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) says is an operation to board and seize the cargo ship, in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on April 20, 2026. U.S. Central Command via X/Handout via REUTERS    THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY       VERIFICATION:                                     - Location and date could not be verified - No older version of the video was found posted before April 20

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