U.S. military forces said Sunday that the roughly two-month-long blockade of Iranian ports is still ongoing while confirming that the U.S. Navy helped in a search-and-rescue effort involving Indian mariners in the Arabian Sea.
In a post on X, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) wrote that 142 commercial ships heading to or from Iran’s ports have been redirected after they complied, while another nine vessels been disabled, since the blockade was initiated on April 13.
U.S. Navy forces were deployed on Sunday in the North Arabian sea to help with the rescue of 14 mariners, according to a statement released by CENTCOM and the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, adding they dropped a “a search and rescue kit that included a life raft, which the 14 mariners boarded.”…