US President Trump announced that the Iranian vessel, Touska, ignored warnings to stop in the Gulf of Oman and the USS Spruance 'stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engine room.' Iran's military, later on Sunday, vowed to 'soon respond and retaliate,' reported the ISNA news agency.

The president said the ship, named the Touska, was now controlled by U.S. marines.

These were the updates on the US-Israeli war on Iran on Sunday, April 19, 2026.

Trump on social media said the ship was warned by a U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer in the Gulf of Oman to stop, but it did not.

The U.S. struck and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman, President Donald Trump said Sunday.

President Donald Trump warned on Monday that any Iranian ships approaching the blockade would be ‘immediately eliminated’

Tehran has not commented on the incident, which comes as the US prepares for a second round of talks.

Trump says cargo ship tried to get past US naval blockade near strait of Hormuz ‘and it did not go well for them’

The U.S. Navy on Sunday fired on and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship as part of its blockade of Iran-linked vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

NEW YORK, April 20. /TASS/. An Iranian cargo vessel that was seized earlier by the US forces was traveling en route to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, the US Central Command…

Catch all West Asia war updates as the U.S. Navy seizes an Iran-flagged ship near the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran vows to respond.

Una nave cargo battente bandiera iraniana di nome Touska è stata intercettata nel Golfo dell'Oman dal cacciatorpediniere lanciamissili della Marina degli Stati Uniti USS Spruance.…

Iran said that it carried out drone strikes against U.S. military vessels blockading its ports after the U.S. Navy attacked and seized an Iranian ship.

Iran on Tuesday demanded the United States release the Iranian-flagged container ship the U.S. military seized over the weekend, threatening to use "all its capacities" to defend…