The US Navy seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz after firing on it, with Iran vowing retaliation and calling it armed piracy. This marks a major escalation in the ongoing US-Iran conflict, happening just hours after Trump announced his team would travel to Islamabad for potential peace talks — creating sharp tension between military action and diplomacy. The seizure is the first interception since the US blockade of Iranian ports began last week, and comes days before a fragile ceasefire is set to expire. Multiple outlets including AP, BBC, CNN, and NPR confirm all core details, and Trump himself posted about the USS Spruance's interception of the Touska.