US Flagged Ship Intercepted by Iranian

The US Flagged Vessel that was taken over.

Last Friday, a US flagged vessel was intercepted by an Iranian Revolutionary Naval Patrol. The ship was contacted by the patrol and directed to continue into the Iranian territory. The master refused. After the US ship avoided the territory, the guard patrol ship fired warning shots at the commercial cargo. Then moments later the vessel made a distressed call to any US ships nearby (closest one was 60 miles away). The crew was then taken over by the patrol. The American Military Spokesman stated that none of the crewmembers are harmed and that the Iranians should be sending them on their way soon . It is still unknown why the warning shots were fired.

The vessel's route near Iran's coastline.