MT Jalveer

CENTCOM STATEMENT: At 11:20 p.m. ET on June 10, U.S. forces disabled the Guinea/Bissau flagged oil tanker M/T Jalveer in the Gulf of Oman after it attempted to transport Iranian oil through the blockade.

The crew repeatedly failed to comp...

CENTCOM STATEMENT: At 11:20 p.m. ET on June 10, U.S. forces disabled the Guinea/Bissau flagged oil tanker M/T Jalveer in the Gulf of Oman after it attempted to transport Iranian oil through the blockade.

The crew repeatedly failed to comply with directions from U.S. forces, after which a U.S. aircraft fired two Hellfire missiles into the vessel's engine room.

The M/T Jalveer is the third commercial ship disabled by American forces this week as part of enforcement operations against Iranian oil shipments.

{Side note: Indian nationals were aboard the vessel, prompting India's foreign ministry to publicly address the incident}