US navy fires on Iranian cargo ship: ‘Very peculiar,' says former commander

Shelagh Fogarty is joined by Former Patrol Boat Commander Tom Sharpe after US Marines attacked and seized an Iranian cargo vessel - attempting to get past the blockade of Iran's ports. US President Donald Trump said in a post on social media that the ship was warned by a US Navy guided missile destroyer in the Gulf of Oman to stop, but it did not. Footage shared by US Central Command shows Marines board and seize cargo ship, Touska, by rappelling onto the vessel. A post shared on X said a guided-missile destroyer disabled Touska’s propulsion when the commercial ship failed to comply with repeated warnings from US forces over a six-hour period. In retaliation, Iran launched drone strikes on US military vessels in the Gulf of Oman, the Iranian semi-official news agency Tasnim has reported. There have been no reports of damage from the apparent drone attacks. Listen to the full show on the all-new LBC App: https://app.af.lbc.co.uk/btnc/thenewlbcapp #shelaghfogarty #iranwar #LBC #trump #donaldtrump #news #usnews #uspolitics LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs in the UK. Join in the conversation and listen at https://www.lbc.co.uk/ Sign up to LBC’s weekly newsletter here: https://l-bc.co/signup