US forces disable ship ‘attempting to run’ Iran blockade in Gulf of Oman

US military jet strikes stern of commercial cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman ‘without harming the crew’, CENTCOM says.

This screengrab from video footage released by US Central Command (CENTCOM) on September 5, 2026, shows what CENTCOM says are strikes that destroyed three oil tankers linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps after the Iranian military organisation fired on US warships [File: CENTCOM via AFP]

United States forces have disabled a commercial cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman after its crew “ignored repeated warnings and attempted to run the ongoing naval blockade against Iran”, according to Central Command (CENTCOM).

A US military fighter jet struck the stern of the Panama-flagged M/V Ocean Molica, also known as the Arika Sun, with a precision munition on Saturday, “fully disabling the ship’s propulsion without harming the crew”, CENTCOM said in a statement. The vessel was attempting to transit regional waters after “having previously departed an Iranian port”.

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CENTCOM said its forces resumed their blockade against all ships “entering or departing Iranian ports on July 14”, disabling four commercial vessels and turning around 135 ships during “three months of strict enforcement”.

US forces also destroyed 10 tankers linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) “multibillion-dollar shadow network” over the same period, CENTCOM said.

US Senator Chris Murphy questioned the military strike, writing on X: “What is this all for? Why are taxpayers paying billions to hit commercial ships?”

“Apparently the goal is to gain leverage in order to convince the Iranians to let us pay them billions to return everything to the way it all was before the war,” the Democratic politician added. “What a disaster.”

The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency acknowledged the incident on Sunday, saying that it had received “a report of an incident involving a tanker and military forces in the Gulf of Oman” and that authorities were investigating.

Meanwhile, the IRGC said it struck a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz for attempting to take an “illegal route”, as Tehran seeks to enforce its own blockade on the vital waterway.

In a statement carried by official Iranian media, the IRGC claimed Iranian forces “have taken control of the administration of the strait”.

“In carrying out this mission, a few hours ago, a giant LPG carrier named NV Sunshine, owned by NatWit, which was attempting to transit via the illegal route south of the Strait of Hormuz, was struck,” the statement said.

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, October 6, 2026 [Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via WANA/Reuters]

The UKMTO said on Sunday that an outbound tanker in the strait was struck on the port side by an unknown projectile, causing a fire on board. The UK agency said crew members were reported safe, while the damage and environmental impact remained unknown at the time of the report.

Tehran has attempted to enforce control over the Strait of Hormuz during the US-Israel war on Iran, insisting that ships obtain permission to cross via its preferred routes. However, vessels have increasingly risked taking an alternative route hugging the strait’s southern coast.

The UK maritime agency said on Thursday that a vessel sailing 94km (58 miles) north of Madinat ash Shamal, off the north coast of Qatar, was struck by multiple projectiles, resulting in several casualties.

The agency did not specify the origin of the ship or the number of people killed or injured, adding that authorities were investigating the incident amid a recent rise in attacks on vessels near the Strait of Hormuz.

Ships in the Gulf attempting to cross the strait, which is the sole maritime route in or out of the oil-rich region, have faced repeated attacks since the US and Israel began the war in late February.

The Strait of Hormuz remains vital to the global economy, with about a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas passing through the passage before the war began.

美国中央司令部称，美国军用飞机在阿曼湾击中一艘商用货船的船尾，“船员未受伤”。

这张截图来自美国中央司令部（CENTCOM）于2026年9月5日发布的视频片段，显示CENTCOM所称的空袭摧毁了三艘与伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队有关的油轮，此前伊朗军事组织向美国军舰开火。[文件：CENTCOM via AFP]

据美国中央司令部（CENTCOM）称，美国军队在阿曼湾击沉了一艘商用货船，此前该船船员“无视多次警告，试图突破正在进行的对伊朗的海上封锁”。

美国中央司令部在一份声明中称，一架美国军用战斗机于周六使用精确制导武器击中了悬挂巴拿马国旗的“海洋莫利卡”号（M/V Ocean Molica，又名“阿里卡太阳”号）货轮的船尾，“完全瘫痪了该船的推进系统，但船员安然无恙”。该船此前“已离开伊朗港口”，当时正试图穿越该地区水域。

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美国中央司令部表示，其部队于7月14日恢复了对所有“进出伊朗港口的船只”的封锁，在“三个月的严格执法”中，导​​致四艘商船失去动力，135艘船只被迫返航。

美国中央司令部表示，同期美军还摧毁了与伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队（IRGC）“数十亿美元的影子网络”有关的 10 艘油轮。

美国参议员克里斯·墨菲对这次军事打击提出质疑，他在X网站上写道：“这一切究竟是为了什么？为什么纳税人要花费数十亿美元来袭击商船？”

这位民主党政客补充道：“显然，他们的目标是借此获得筹码，说服伊朗人允许我们支付数十亿美元，让他们把一切恢复到战前状态。真是个灾难。”

英国海事贸易行动局 (UKMTO) 于周日承认了这起事件，称已收到“有关阿曼湾一艘油轮与军事力量发生冲突的报告”，当局正在对此进行调查。

与此同时，伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队表示，他们在霍尔木兹海峡袭击了一艘试图走“非法航线”的船只，因为德黑兰正试图加强对这条重要水道的封锁。

伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队通过官方媒体发表声明称，伊朗军队“已经控制了海峡的管理权”。

声明称：“几个小时前，在执行这项任务时，一艘名为 NV Sunshine 的巨型液化石油气运输船（隶属于 NatWit 公司）试图通过霍尔木兹海峡以南的非法航线过境时遭到撞击。”

2026 年 10 月 6 日，伊朗阿巴斯港海滩附近霍尔木兹海峡的船只 [Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via WANA/Reuters]

英国海事组织（UKMTO）周日表示，一艘驶往海峡的油轮左舷遭到不明物体袭击，引发船上起火。该组织称，船员安全，但截至发稿时，损失和环境影响尚不清楚。

在美以对伊战争期间，德黑兰试图控制霍尔木兹海峡，坚持要求船只必须获得许可才能通过其指定的航线。然而，船只越来越多地冒险选择沿海峡南岸航行的替代航线。

英国海事机构周四表示，一艘在卡塔尔北部海岸马迪纳特沙马尔以北 94 公里（58 英里）处航行的船只遭到多枚炮弹袭击，造成多人伤亡。

该机构没有具体说明这艘船的来源，也没有说明死伤人数，并补充说，鉴于最近霍尔木兹海峡附近船只袭击事件有所增加，当局正在调查这起事件。

自美国和以色列于 2 月下旬发动战争以来，海湾地区的船只在试图穿越海峡时屡遭袭击。海峡是进出这个石油资源丰富的地区的唯一海上通道。

霍尔木兹海峡对全球经济仍然至关重要，在战争爆发前，世界上大约五分之一的石油和液化天然气都要经过该海峡。