Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guards has seized an Israeli-affiliated vessel in the strait of Hormuz, 50 nautical miles off the coast of the United Arab Emirates.
According to the Guardian UK, Commandos dropped from a helicopter onto the container ship, the Portuguese-flagged MSC Aries.
Iran’s state news agency reported that the vessel was being transferred to Iran’s territorial waters.
It said the special forces unit of the guards’ navy carried out the attack on the ship, which is associated with the London-based Zodiac Maritime ship management company, part of Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac Group.
Geneva-based MSC later acknowledged the seizure and said 25 crew had been aboard the vessel.
