00:00President Trump claimed he ordered the US Navy to shoot and kill Iran's mine-laying vessels attempting to obstruct trade
00:06through the Strait of Hormuz,
00:08in another apparent blow to the recently extended ceasefire between Washington and Tehran.
00:13I have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they may be, that
00:18is putting mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz.
00:21There is to be no hesitation, Trump wrote on Truth Social.
00:24Trump also claimed that he ordered active minesweeping of the Strait to be tripled.
00:29The president's announcement followed the War Department confirming the seizure of a sanctioned tanker transporting Iranian oil in the Indian
00:37Ocean.
00:38The Pentagon released footage of the seizure of the Majestic X on social media showing American troops on the deck
00:44of the vessel.
00:45Ship tracking data showed the China-bound Majestic X in the Indian Ocean between Sri Lanka and Indonesia,
00:51roughly the same location as the oil tanker Tefani, seized by the US earlier this week.
00:57Video showed Navy SEALs landing on the Botswana-flagged tanker via helicopter and taking control of the vessel and stationing
01:04it in the Bay of Bengal.
01:06The announcement from the Pentagon comes one day after Iran fired on three cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz,
01:12capturing two of them.
01:13Video released by the Islamic Republic reports to show masked soldiers carrying guns seizing the Panama and Liberia-flagged vessels
01:21just hours after the ceasefire was extended.
01:23The ceasefire, implemented April 8th and extended indefinitely by Trump on April 21st, has been strained by the dueling American
01:31attacks on Iranian ships and those by Iran on commercial vessels.
01:35A second round of negotiations meant to take place in Islamabad, Pakistan earlier this week did not happen and it
01:42is unclear when or whether further talks will be held.
02:00And, for the period of time during the ěŹ
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