Apr 13, 2024.Posted by Periscope - Hellas
Tehran.
The Special Naval Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has seized Israel-linked MCS Aries ship near the Strait of Hormuz.
The IRGC
Special Naval Force seized the container ship on Saturday.
Members of
the force carried out a heliborne operation on the ship’s deck, directing it
towards Iran’s territorial waters.
The
Portuguese flagged vessel is operated by the Zodiac Maritime Shipping Company,
which is partly owned by Israeli businessman Eyal Ofer.
The
incident comes amid heightened tensions between Iran and Israel over the
regime’s attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria on April 1.
The attack
killed seven Iranian military advisors, including IRGC senior commander Major
General Mohammad Reza Zahedi.
Iran
strongly condemned the attack as a violation of international law and has
promised to take revenge.
On
Wednesday (April 10), Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed
Ali Khamenei said that the strike on the consulate was tantamount to an attack
on Iranian soil, stressing that the Zionist regime must be and will be
punished.
The Israeli
regime has been on high alert in recent days over a possible Iranian response.
Irna
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