CENTCOM separately said on Saturday that it had struck and disabled a commercial cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman.
A US military aircraft fired precision munitions at the stern of St. Kitts-flagged M/V Huda, disabling the ship after CENTCOM forces directed the crew to abandon targeted spaces, it said in a statement.
The US accused the vessel of repeatedly ignoring warnings and attempting to breach the blockade after
The US military said it had instructed the crew to leave the targeted area before carrying out the strike, but has yet to provide a details on damages and casualties.
The same day, CENTCOM, announced it had established a new task force called Iron Gate, based in Tampa, Florida. The task force will coordinate with other US government agencies on preventing the movement of advanced weapons systems, dual-use technologies, sanctioned materials, and illegal revenue streams across Iran’s land borders and the Caspian Sea, CENTCOM said.
In response, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it has lifted a self-imposed limit of 2,000 kilometers on the range of its ballistic missiles
The announcement came days after Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khomeini, warned that any kind and level of threat from the US or Israel would face a response without geographic limits.
