Overview
- A U.S. special operations team boarded a commercial vessel last month several hundred miles off Sri Lanka on a voyage from China to Iran, according to reporting.
- Officials said the ship carried components potentially usable in Iran’s conventional weapons programs, and the seized materials were destroyed.
- The vessel was allowed to continue its journey after the cargo was confiscated.
- Officials declined to provide further operational details, and there was no immediate response from China or Iran.
- Coverage situates the interdiction alongside a recent U.S. seizure of an oil tanker near Venezuela over alleged sanctions violations, which President Donald Trump referenced this week.