Iran is responding to US sezures with its own, 22nd April 2026:
India-bound tanker among 2 seized by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
Story by Reported by Subham Tiwari
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An India-bound ship was among two vessels seized by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, amid looming uncertainty about the US-Iran ceasefire and proposed peace talks.
In total, three container ships, including the one which was headed to India, were attacked by Iran’s security forces in the Strait.
All three containers crossed the Strait of Hormuz from the Persian Gulf, and two of them did not relay information about their location, destination and port of origin while crossing the waterway, ship-tracking data suggests.
Iran’s state media and the BBC identified the three container ships as Liberia-flagged Epaminondas, and Panama-flagged MSC Francesca and Euphoria.
Epaminondas declared India as its destination, according to AIS data available at ship-tracking service VesselFinder. Epaminondas was the first vessel to come under gunfire on Wednesday. As per the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Centre, a “gunboat” belonging to Iran’s elite paramilitary force, the IRGC, opened fire on the container ship in the Strait of Hormuz, 15 nautical miles northeast of Oman, causing heavy damage to the vessel’s bridge.
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