Iran is playing with fire
Hours after Trump's ceasefire announcement, The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) says that it has received a report of an incident 15 nautical miles northeast of Oman, where the master of a container ship reported being approached by an IRGC gunboat.
The UKMTO said a Guard gunboat did not hail the ship before firing, and the vessel was subsequently fired upon, sustaining heavy damage to its bridge, though no fires or environmental impact were reported and all crew members were safe.
Iran's Fars news agency describes the attack by Iran as "lawfully enforcing" its control over the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20 per cent of the world's crude oil and natural gas traded once passed.
