Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them on Wednesday, intensifying its assault on shipping in the key waterway a day after U.S. President Donald Trump extended a ceasefire while maintaining an American blockade of Iranian ports.

Iran opened fire on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz hours after President Donald Trump announced he was extending a ceasefire between Iran and the U.S.

U.S. forces seized an Iranian‑flagged ship after it ignored warnings and tried to breach a blockade of Iran's ports.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it is escorting the seized ships to the Iranian coast. Earlier, Donald Trump said he was extending the US-Iran ceasefire.

Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, underscoring the ongoing threat to global energy supplies and complicating efforts to bring the United States and Iran together for talks to end the war.

The morning assault by Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard came after U.S. President Donald Trump indefinitely extended the ceasefire.

The next steps to resume U.S.-Iran talks remain unclear Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced the U.S. was extending its ceasefire in the war

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has opened fire on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz, damaging the ship and further raising the stakes as planned ceasefire talks in Pakistan failed to m