U.S. Strikes Iranian-Bound Commercial Vessel with Hellfire Missile in Strait of Hormuz
The M/V Lian Star, flying the Gambian flag and bound for an Iranian port, became the fifth commercial ship struck while attempting to breach the U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
BenzingaU.S. Central Command fired a Hellfire missile at the commercial vessel M/V Lian Star on Friday. The ship, which was flying the Gambian flag, was heading toward an Iranian port in the Gulf of Oman when it was struck.
U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. The blockade remains in place even as talks continue on a potential deal to reopen the strait.
President Trump is weighing an extension of the Iran ceasefire. S. " Benzinga reported the sequence of events linking the missile strike to the ongoing naval enforcement and diplomatic discussions.
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