A commercial cargo ship reported coming under attack from several small vessels while sailing approximately 11 nautical miles west of Iran’s Sirik region on Sunday, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency. The maritime authority confirmed that all crew members remained safe and no environmental damage occurred during the incident.
Iranian officials provided a different account of the events later Sunday. The semi-official Fars news agency reported that Iranian naval forces conducted a routine document inspection of the vessel as part of standard oversight operations, and emphasized that the ship was not captured or seized.
