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US Central Command releases footage of disabling Iranian-affiliated vessel

The Zioneer Intelligence Desk
US Central Command releases footage of disabling Iranian-affiliated vessel

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TL;DR

The U.S. military's Central Command (CENTCOM) has released footage showing the disabling of an Iranian-affiliated vessel, according to a single source citing a CENTCOM statement. The report claims the vessel was the one whose disabling was discussed earlier by the Americans. No official CENTCOM confirmation of the specific footage release is available beyond the single report.

01 · THE DISPATCH

The single-source Telegram report claims that CENTCOM published footage showing the disabling of an Iranian-affiliated vessel, confirming earlier statements by the Americans about the operation. The channel did not provide a link to the CENTCOM release or a description of the footage itself.

This event follows a series of U.S. Navy interdictions in the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. As The Zioneer reported on June 8, a U.S. Navy F-18 disabled the M/T Marivex, an Iranian-affiliated vessel, by firing a missile into its engine room — an action CENTCOM later confirmed. On June 9, CENTCOM disabled a second tanker, the M/T Settebello, in a similar operation. In total, CENTCOM has reported eight vessels disabled since the blockade began in April.

The current report is unverified and lacks independent or official confirmation. The footage has not been published on official CENTCOM channels as of this writing.

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