US forces board sanctioned ship in Indian Ocean, defence department says

BBC - US forces have interdicted a sanctioned vessel that is transporting oil from Iran, the country's defence department has posted on X.

"US forces carried out a maritime interdiction and right-of-visit boarding of the sanctioned stateless vessel M/T Majestic X transporting oil from Iran, in the Indian Ocean," the statement says.

The department says that the US military will continue to interdict vessels suspected of "providing material support to Iran".

A maritime interdiction refers to the interception or inspection of a vessel by a navy on ships suspected to be hostile or in violation of the law.

The US has intercepted dozens of vessels since it began its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. It is not intercepting these ships near Iran, but further away in the Indian Ocean.