India, May 20 -- The US Marines on Wednesday boarded and searched an Iranian-flagged commercial oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, suspecting it of attempting to violate the US blockade on Iran's ports.

After searching the oil tanker, M/T Celestial Sea, the American forces directed the ship's crew to change their course, the US Central Command said in a post on X. Follow US-Iran war news LIVE updates

CENTCOM reaffirmed that the US forces continue to "fully enforce the blockade and have now redirected 91 commercial ships to ensure compliance".

This is at least the fifth vessel to be boarded since US President Donald Trump ordered a blockade of Iranian ports amid the ongoing war in the Middle East.

Trump believes that the blockade is an ef...