DUBAI/ISLAMABAD, April 24 -- Iran sho-wed off its tightened grip over the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday with video of its commandos storming a huge cargo ship, after the collapse of peace talks that Washington had hoped would open the world's most important shipping corridor.
State television broadcast footage overnight of masked troops pulling up in a grey speedboat alongside the MSC Francesca, climbing a rope ladder to a shell door in the hull and jumping through brandishing rifles.
The footage also included views of another ship, the Epaminondas. Iran claimed to have captured both on Wednesday, accusing them of trying to cross the strait without permits.
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