US CENTCOM Says It Disabled 3rd Tanker to Enforce Iran Blockade

Central Command added that it has disabled nine vessels and redirected 135 ships that complied with the military’s directives.

USS Abraham Lincoln continues operations in the Arabian Sea. Courtesy of CENTCOM

The U.S. military on Thursday morning said it disabled a third oil tanker that it said was attempting to carry Iranian oil to enforce a blockade on Iran’s ports, the third time an oil tanker was disabled by the United States in the past week.

The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a post on social media that it targeted the Guinea-Bissau-flagged M/T Jalveer oil tanker while it tried to carry oil from Iran through the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday.