Iran live updates: CENTCOM says it fired at oil tanker in Gulf of Oman

The U.S. and Iran again exchanged strikes overnight into Thursday.

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.

Following the announcement of a two-week ceasefire, initial U.S.-Iran talks in Pakistan in April failed to reach a peace deal.

Trump later announced the open-ended extension of the ceasefire and the continuation of a U.S. blockade until negotiations are concluded "one way or the other."

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the U.S. would continue to bomb Iran Thursday night and teased that American forces will take over Kharg Island and other Iranian oil infrastructure points “in the not too distant future.”

Trump added that the U.S. will also assume "total control” of Iranian oil and gas markets, comparing it to the situation in Venezuela after the ouster of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Trump did not say what the timeline for such an operation would be, nor what type of force would be required to execute such a mission that would see the U.S. taking and holding Iranian territory and infrastructure.

The president’s post comes after days of tit-for-tat strikes between the U.S. and Iran, which have raised the specter of a return to all-out war amid questions about the status of the shaky, months-long ceasefire.

U.S. Central Command said in a post to X that its forces attacked the Guinea-Bissau flagged M/T Jalveer oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday, alleging that it "violated the blockade against Iran by attempting to transport Iranian oil."

"A U.S. aircraft fired two Hellfire missiles into the ship's engine room after the crew repeatedly failed to comply with directions from U.S. forces," CENTCOM said.

The vessel is the third commercial ship disabled by American forces this week, CENTCOM said.

Earlier this week, CENTCOM said that U.S. aircraft disabled Palau-flagged vessels M/T Marivex and M/T Settebello on Monday and Tuesday, respectively, both of which were accused of violating the U.S. blockade.

CENTCOM said its forces have disabled nine "non-compliant vessels, redirected 135 ships that complied and allowed 42 vessels supporting humanitarian aid to pass since initiating the blockade on April 13."

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Centre said on Thursday that a fire had been reported in the engine room of a tanker off the coast of Oman.

Local authorities reported the incident occurred about 20 nautical miles northeast of Sohar, Oman, the UKMTO war