US escalates maritime blockade of Iran with vessel inspections in Arabian Sea

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

🇺🇸🇮🇷 The U.S. is tightening its maritime blockade of Iran, with American forces stepping up inspections and enforcement operations across the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman. Earlier today, U.S. forces carried out a "verification boarding" of the Comoros-flagged tanker M/T Charminar in the Arabian Sea. Following the inspection, the vessel was cleared to continue its voyage. ➡️ CENTCOM also confirmed that yesterday U.S. forces disabled the Mozambique-flagged tanker M/T Lavine in the Gulf o