Iran Claims to Have Seized U.S. Ship

Published April 28, 2015 1:51pm ET



The Iranian organ Farsnews claims that Iran has seized a U.S. ship. Thirty-four are on board, the outlet claims. Fars claims: 

The Iranian Navy has confiscated the American trade vessel with all its 34 crew for trespassing on Iran’s territorial waters in the Persian Gulf.
An Iranian warship is now taking the American vessel to Iran’s Southern port city of Bandar Abbas in the Persian Gulf.
There has been no official confirmation of the seizure yet.

Al Arabiya is reporting that U.S. has been fired on by the Iranians:

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