Twenty-five crew members board the ship that captured the Iran today close to Strait of Hormuzin the Gulf, announced the Italian-Swiss shipping company MSC.
“We regret to confirm that the MSC Aries, owned by Gortal Shipping Inc, which is a subsidiary of Zodiac Maritime, and chartered by MSC, was seized by the Iranian authorities (who boarded) by helicopter” and “there are 25 crew members,” he said. to Agence France-Presse the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), which has its headquarters in Geneva.
MSC is the manager and commercial operator of a ship seized today by Iranian authorities, international shipping company Zodiac Maritime announced. “MSC is responsible for all operations of the ship, including cargo and maintenance operations.”
Zodiac is partly owned by Israeli businessman Eyal Ofer.
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Footage shows the moment an “Israeli”-linked ship, MSC Aries, has been captured near the strait of Hormuz by Iranian special forces pic.twitter.com/MaQ2tnd6Qu
— S p r i n t e r F a c t o r y (@Sprinterfactory) April 13, 2024
Earlier, maritime security firms Maritime Trade Operations and Ambrey had reported that a ship had been seized and seized by “regional authorities” in the Strait of Hormuz between the United Arab Emirates and Iran.
The incident comes amid rising regional tensions since the start of Israel’s campaign in Gaza in October.
#BREAKING: Despite the fact crew of Portuguese-flagged MSC ARIES ship requested help from the Naval ships involved in Mission #NOTSoH (European Maritime Awareness in The Strait of #Hormuz), No one helped them. Naval Forces of #US & #France decided to allow #IRGC capture it today! pic.twitter.com/RQNHRRhLJ1
— Babak Taghvaee – The Crisis Watch (@BabakTaghvaee1) April 13, 2024
Iran has threatened to retaliate over airstrikes Israel allegedly carried out on its consulate in Damascus on April 1 that killed seven Revolutionary Guard officers, including two senior commanders.
Israel’s harsh response
Tehran is committing hostage-taking and must be sanctioned for it, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said today, after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seized an Israeli-bound cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz.
“Ayatollah Khamenei’s regime is a criminal regime that supports the crimes of Hamas and is now conducting a piracy operation in violation of international law,” Katz said. “I call on the European Union and the free world to immediately declare the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization and impose sanctions on Iran now.”
Iran will “suffer the consequences of its choice to further aggravate the situation”, Israel’s military warned today as the country is on high alert in the face of threats of retaliation from Tehran, an ally of Palestinian Hamas.
“We have increased our readiness to protect Israel from a new Iranian attack. We are also ready to respond,” Israeli military spokesman Daniel Haggari added in a statement released after Iran announced it had seized a ship “linked” to Israel in the Gulf.
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