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Tehran attacks US ships with drones as new images of daring raid on Iranian tanker emerge and oil prices surge - Live updates

Tehran has attacked US military ships in the Gulf of Oman with drones, according to a BBC report, citing the Iranian semi-official news agency Tasnim.

20 апреля 2026, 10:00

Tehran has attacked US military ships in the Gulf of Oman with drones, according to a BBC report, citing the Iranian semi-official news agency Tasnim.

It comes as US Central Command released new images of Sundays daring raid on an Iranian tanker that tried to breach the American naval blockade.

Global oil prices surged following the operation, which saw troops aboard the USS Spruance intercepting the Iranian-flagged M/V Touska after issuing multiple warnings.

Writing on Truth Social over the weekend, Donald Trump said: Today, an Iranian-flagged cargo ship named TOUSKA, nearly 900 feet long and weighing almost as much as an aircraft carrier, tried to get past our Naval Blockade, and it did not go well for them.

The Iranian crew refused to listen, so our Navy ship stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engine room. Right now, U.S. Marines have custody of the vessel. The TOUSKA is under U.S. Treasury Sanctions because of their prior history of illegal activity. We have full custody of the ship, and are seeing what’s on board!

The Islamic Republic announced on Saturday that it was shutting down the Strait of Hormuz waterway again to commercial tankers and that any vessel that approaches it would be targeted.

On Monday morning, Brent crude futures were up by 4.74 per cent at $94.66 (£70.11) a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate was 5.6 per cent higher at $88.55.

Meanwhile, a US delegation, led by Vice-President JD Vance, will travel to Pakistan for a new round of negotiations with Tehran as the fragile two-week ceasefire continues.

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CENTCOM releases new photos of US raid on Iranian tanker

CENTCOM has published new images of the US navy seizing an Iranian-flagged container ship in the Gulf of Oman on Sunday.

Troops aboard the USS Spruance intercepted the M/V Touska in the Arabian Sea as it sailed toward Bandar Abbas.

The operation is the first known time that the US fired on a commercial vessel during the conflict.

US President Donald Trump said American troops fired on and took 'full custody' of the vessel in the Gulf of Oman after it refused 'fair warning to stop'.

The US navy had warned that it would board and seize any tankers attempting to evade its maritime siege, which began on April 13, of vessels going to or from Iranian ports.

A helicopter carries U.S. Marines from the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli at an unknown location, in what the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) says is an operation to board and seize Iranian-flagged cargo ship M/V Touska, in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on April 20, 2026. U.S. Central Command via X/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT VERIFICATION: - Location and date could not be verified - No older version of the video was found posted before April 20

A U.S. Marine from the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli rappels onto the Iranian-flagged cargo ship M/V Touska, in what the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) says is an operation to board and seize the cargo ship, in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on April 20, 2026. U.S. Central Command via X/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY VERIFICATION: - Location and date could not be verified - No older version of the video was found posted before April 20

06:46

Iran attacks US ships with drones, according to Iranian media

Tehran has attacked US military ships in the Gulf of Oman with drones, according to a BBC report, citing the Iranian semi-official news agency Tasnim.

There has been no reports of damages from the apparent drone attacks.

It came after the US military launched a daring raid on an Iranian tanker that tried to breach the American naval blockade on Sunday.

Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters - the nation's highest operational command unit coordinating the armed forces - described Washington's naval operation as a violation of the ceasefire and said it would 'retaliate for this act of armed piracy by the US Navy'.

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