US aircraft disables cargo ship running Iran blockade

US Central Command said an American military aircraft fired precision munitions at the stern of the St. Kitts-flagged cargo vessel M/V Huda in the Gulf of Oman on Saturday, disabling the ship after its crew ignored repeated warnings and tried to break the naval blockade of Iran.

Why it matters: It is the fifth merchant ship US forces have disabled since July for refusing blockade orders, and it shows the blockade of Iranian ports is still being enforced by fire on the same day Central Command extended the campaign to Iran's land borders.

Data as of US Central Command release of November 7, 2026, read in full in this run via its EIN Presswire distribution; the release text is Central Command's own statement. Reuters report of November 7, 2026, read in full in this run, carries the same Central Command account. The event itself is single-origin reporting from Central Command; no statement from Iran, the vessel's owner or the crew had been published when this item was written, and Central Command's release does not state casualties. Developing item.

US Central Command said its forces disabled a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Oman on Saturday, November 7, after the ship’s civilian crew ignored repeated warnings and attempted to violate the naval blockade against Iran multiple times. A US military aircraft fired precision munitions at the stern of the St. Kitts-flagged M/V Huda, disabling the ship after Central Command forces directed the crew to abandon the targeted spaces. The cargo vessel had visited an Iranian port and was trying to depart regional waters.

Central Command said enforcement actions since July have redirected 147 commercial vessels that complied with warnings and disabled five merchant ships that refused, and that US forces previously destroyed another 10 Iranian commercial oil tankers that were part of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ shadow network. The disabling came the same day Central Command announced Task Force Iron Gate, its new effort against Iranian weapons and sanctioned material moving over land borders and through the Caspian Sea.

US aircraft disables cargo ship running Iran blockade

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