Iranian Troops Board a Marshall Islands Cargo Ship

[Cail]

A Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship, the M/V Maersk Tigris, issued a distress call today after it was seized by Iranian military forces in the Persian Gulf.

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Farragut was ordered to head toward the incident after the distress call from the Tigris was received, according to a U.S. official. The Navy has also sent aircraft to monitor the incident, the official said.

The official said an Iranian boat fired a shot across the bow of the Tigris to get it to stop, and shipping company officials have told the U.S. military that Iranian troops have boarded the Tigris.

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(Reuters) - Iranian forces boarded a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf on Tuesday after patrol boats fired warning shots across its bow and ordered it deeper into Iranian waters, the Pentagon said.

The incident came as the United States and five other global powers aim to secure a final nuclear deal with Iran by the end of June.

Under the accord Tehran, which denies seeking to build nuclear weapons, would win sanctions relief in return for slashing the number of its uranium enrichment centrifuges and accepting intrusive international inspections.

Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television earlier said an Iranian force fired on and seized a U.S. cargo ship with 34 U.S. sailors on board, and directed it to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. But the Pentagon spokesman said there were no U.S. citizens on board the ship.

The company managing the vessel told a Danish news channel there were 24 crew members, mostly from eastern Europe and Asia.

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[tyven]

This is no surprise as the Persians are always a handful for me in civ 5 as well

[Andalusian girls]

fuckin Darius

[Cail]

US warships will now escort US ships going through the strait and they have not ruled out escortin them throughout the Persian Gulf