A bulk carrier reported being attacked by multiple smaller vessels near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center.
The UKMTO said the bulk carrier reported it was attacked 11 nautical miles west of Sirik, Iran, before departing the area and that the incident is under investigation, adding that all aboard the unidentified vessel were safe.
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The attack marks the latest incident near the Strait of Hormuz since Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps choked off the vital shipping waterway at the start of the war with the United States and Israel. The U.S. and Iran are still in a ceasefire agreement, with negotiations for a long-term peace including the tensions in the strait as a focal point.
“The Master of a northbound bulk carrier has reported being attacked by multiple small craft. All crew reported safe and no environmental impact reported,” the UKMTO statement said. “Vessels are advised to transit with caution and report any suspicious activity to UKMTO, while authorities investigate.”
The U.S. is still blockading the Strait of Hormuz during the ceasefire. President Donald Trump has jokingly boasted of the profits the blockade has turned from interdicting Iranian ships, comparing the U.S. naval fleet to an “iron wall.” At the same time, Iran has said it is controlling the strait and collecting tolls from certain ships.
Trump announced on Saturday afternoon that he would be reviewing Iran’s latest peace proposal but that he “can’t imagine that it would be acceptable.”
TRUMP TO REVIEW LATEST IRAN PROPOSAL, BUT ‘CAN’T IMAGINE IT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE’
“I will soon be reviewing the plan that Iran has just sent to us, but can’t imagine that it would be acceptable in that they have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Saturday evening.
Trump told reporters earlier in the day that he was “looking at” Iran’s latest 14-point plan framework for a deal to end the war.
