{"id":88653,"date":"2026-04-22T14:44:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/iran-says-it-seized-2-ships-crossing-strait-of-hormuz\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T14:44:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:44:04","slug":"iran-says-it-seized-2-ships-crossing-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/iran-says-it-seized-2-ships-crossing-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran says it seized 2 ships crossing Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says two ships were seized in the Strait of Hormuz and transferred to Iranian waters. <!--more--> A third vessel was also reportedly targeted by the IRGC and is \u201cnow disabled off Iran\u2019s coast,\u201d according to Iranian media.  <\/p>\n<p>It came after a maritime agency said at least two container ships were hit by gunfire in the Strait of Hormuz. <\/p>\n<p>CNN international diplomatic editor Nic Robertson has more from Islamabad, Pakistan. Also, retired US Air Force colonel Cedric Leighton, CNN national security analyst Beth Sanner and Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) weigh in on the latest news surrounding the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. <\/p>\n<p>0:00 Report on Iran firing on two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz<br \/>\n3:32 Retired colonel says Iran\u2019s actions at Hormuz are an escalation<br \/>\n6:25 Iran parades a ballistic missile during rally in Tehran<br \/>\n8:00 GOP rep. says the US blockade should stay in place <\/p>\n<p>Watch more CNN here: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.it\/4kh5RPe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/cnn.it\/4kh5RPe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#Iran #Trump #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says two ships were seized in the Strait of Hormuz and transferred to Iranian waters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}