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VIDEO: Newly released footage shows US Marines seizing Iranian ship in night mission
Footage released by U.S. Central Command shows U.S. Marines boarding an Iranian-flagged vessel that U.S. forces seized in the Gulf of Oman on Sunday.Watch the footage in the video player above.The video shows U.S. Marines rappelling from a helicopter to board the Iranian commercial ship.The ship had tried to evade the U.S. naval blockade near the Strait of Hormuz and “failed to comply with repeated warnings from U.S. forces over a six-hour period,” according to U.S. Central Command.It was the first interception since the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports began last week.Tehran has vowed to retaliate against U.S. forces, Iranian state news reported on Monday.
Footage released by U.S. Central Command shows U.S. Marines boarding an Iranian-flagged vessel that U.S. forces seized in the Gulf of Oman on Sunday.
Watch the footage in the video player above.
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The video shows U.S. Marines rappelling from a helicopter to board the Iranian commercial ship.
The ship had tried to evade the U.S. naval blockade near the Strait of Hormuz and “failed to comply with repeated warnings from U.S. forces over a six-hour period,” according to U.S. Central Command.
It was the first interception since the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports began last week.
Tehran has vowed to retaliate against U.S. forces, Iranian state news reported on Monday.
