U.S. forces disabled M/T Sea Star III and M/T Sevda on Friday, prior to both vessels entering an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman in violation of the ongoing blockade, according to the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).

“The CENTCOM enforced blockade measures against two Iranian-flagged unladen oil tankers attempting to pull into an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman,” the CENTCOM said in a post on X, The Caspian Post reports.

“A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet from USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) disabled both tankers after firing precision munitions into their smokestacks, preventing the non-compliant ships from entering Iran,” it stressed.

The CENTCOM recalled that U.S. forces also disabled Iranian-flagged M/T Hasna, May 6, as it attempted to sail to an Iranian port in the Gulf of Oman. An F/A-18 Super Hornet from USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) disabled the unladen oil tanker's rudder by firing several rounds from a 20mm cannon gun.

“All three vessels are no longer transiting to Iran,” it added.

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