{"id":81,"date":"2026-04-21T13:02:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=81"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:02:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:02:21","slug":"iran-accuses-u-s-of-seizing-vessel-holding-crew-hostage-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/04\/21\/iran-accuses-u-s-of-seizing-vessel-holding-crew-hostage-at-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Accuses U.S. of Seizing Vessel, Holding Crew \u2018Hostage\u2019 at Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"77\" data-end=\"208\">Iran has accused the United States of unlawfully seizing a cargo vessel and detaining its crew, amid rising tensions in the region.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"210\" data-end=\"548\">According to Iranian authorities, the U.S. Navy has intensified operations around the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Strait of Hormuz<\/span><\/span>, intercepting ships traveling to and from Iranian ports. During this period, a cargo vessel named <em data-start=\"432\" data-end=\"442\">Tavouska<\/em>, sailing under the Iranian flag, reportedly attempted to reach the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Bandar Abbas Port<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"550\" data-end=\"720\">Iran claims the vessel was stopped and seized after it allegedly ignored U.S. naval warnings and continued its course. The move has drawn strong condemnation from Tehran.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"722\" data-end=\"1010\">In a statement, Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry described the incident as an \u201cillegal and criminal act,\u201d alleging that the vessel was attacked near Iranian territorial waters in the Gulf of Oman. The statement further claimed that crew members have been threatened and are being held as hostages.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1012\" data-end=\"1199\">Iran has called on the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">United Nations Security Council<\/span><\/span> and the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">International Maritime Organization<\/span><\/span> to condemn the action and ensure the immediate release of the ship and its crew.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1201\" data-end=\"1316\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Tehran also warned that it would take all necessary measures to protect its sovereignty and safeguard its citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran has accused the United States of unlawfully seizing a cargo vessel and detaining its crew, amid rising tensions in the region. According to Iranian authorities, the U.S. Navy has intensified operations around the Strait of Hormuz, intercepting ships traveling to and from Iranian ports. During this period, a cargo vessel named Tavouska, sailing under &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/83"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}