U.S. Military Prepares to Board Iran-Linked Ships in Coming Days, Officials Say

The U.S. military is preparing in coming days to board Iran-linked oil tankers and seize commercial ships in international waters, according to U.S. officials, expanding its naval crackdown beyond the Middle East.

There is no international waters in war. The conflict is where ever they meet.

the right of visit by foreign warships in international waters is restricted under international law (Article 110, UNCLOS), the U.S. is operating under a strategy of “belligerent right to visit and search,” particularly as part of enforcing sanctions and preventing the supply of military materials.

The right of visit by foreign warships in international waters is restricted under international law (Article 110, UNCLOS), the U.S. is operating under a strategy of “belligerent right to visit and search,” particularly as part of enforcing sanctions and preventing the supply of military materials.

Article 27 under 110:

Criminal jurisdiction on board a foreign ship

1. The criminal jurisdiction of the coastal State should not be exercised on board a foreign ship passing through the territorial sea to arrest any person or to conduct any investigation in connection with any crime committed on
board the ship during its passage, save only in the following cases:

(a) if the consequences of the crime extend to the coastal State;
(b) if the crime is of a kind to disturb the peace of the country or
the good order of the territorial sea;

https://iilj.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/LOS-Convention-Arts-27-73-110.pdf

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Hey WSJ thanks for posting this leak now Iran will be ready for it..IDIOTS ..here’s an idea, just start bombing Iran again, seriously this is all going no where, there isnt going to be any cease fire, there isnt going to be any deal, this is all a total waste of time, the Iranian people need the bombing to commence, they need it to save their own lives from this brutal regime just do it already!

Only fools and chumps would call it piracy. The U.S. sank hundreds of ships bound to and from Japan. U-Boats attacked neutral shipping bound for Britain, and no one called it piracy.

The U.S. threatened to intercept Russian ships with nuclear weapons bound for Cuba in 1962. Russia backed down, and Khrushchev was ousted as a result.

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