{"id":595589,"date":"2026-05-03T17:56:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T17:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=595589"},"modified":"2026-05-03T17:56:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T17:56:41","slug":"large-cargo-ship-near-hormuz-reports-being-attacked-in-first-escalation-since-april-22-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=595589","title":{"rendered":"Large Cargo Ship Near Hormuz Reports Being Attacked, In First Escalation Since April 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Large Cargo Ship Near Hormuz Reports Being Attacked, In First Escalation Since April 22<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>A large cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz has reported <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UK_MTO\/status\/2050971168601964754\">being attacked by multiple small craft<\/a>, the British military\u2019s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said Sunday, marking at least two dozen attacks in and around the strait since the Iran war began.<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Sirik%20attack.png?itok=kXor2o79\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Sirik%20attack.png?itok=kXor2o79\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"a77e6f5e-6aa7-4bf2-ac92-6169725b80de\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"708\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/Sirik%20attack.png?itok=kXor2o79\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All crew on the unidentified northbound carrier, which could be the Pasargad 11 General Cargo Ship with a destination of Dubai after it reversed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/pasargad.jpg?itok=mWrqZdV5\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/pasargad.jpg?itok=mWrqZdV5\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"08d68551-a92f-4f03-b8c8-d126cf381fb7\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"298\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/pasargad.jpg?itok=mWrqZdV5\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; were safe after the attack off Sirik, Iran, east of the strait, the monitor said. Iranian officials have asserted that they control the strait and that ships not affiliated with the United States or Israel can pass if they pay a toll.<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/JMIC%20update.jpg?itok=55h45wHY\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/JMIC%20update.jpg?itok=55h45wHY\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"c44a82c0-a6e2-45df-9fb8-e93e8a63be4c\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"423\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/JMIC%20update.jpg?itok=55h45wHY\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, <strong>the first reported in the area since April 22, when a cargo ship reported being fired upon, the monitor said<\/strong>. The threat level in the area remains critical. Tehran effectively closed the strait by attacking and threatening ships.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian patrol boats, some powered only by twin outboard motors, are small, nimble and hard to detect and have attacked several ships. President Donald Trump last month ordered the U.S. military to \u201cshoot and kill\u201d small Iranian boats that deploy mines in the strait.<\/p>\n<p>The fragile three-week ceasefire appears to be holding, though Trump on Saturday told journalists that further strikes remained a possibility<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Sun, 05\/03\/2026 &#8211; 13:56<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/Sirik%20attack.png?itok=kXor2o79\" title=\"Large Cargo Ship Near Hormuz Reports Being Attacked, In First Escalation Since April 22\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Large Cargo Ship Near Hormuz Reports Being Attacked, In First Escalation Since April 22 A large cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz has reported being attacked by multiple small craft, the British military\u2019s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said Sunday, marking at least two dozen attacks in and around the strait since the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=595589\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Large Cargo Ship Near Hormuz Reports Being Attacked, In First Escalation Since April 22<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":595567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-595589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=595589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/595567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=595589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=595589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=595589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}