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She said it would be untenable for Iran to maintain control of a waterway through which a fifth of the world's crude used to pass before the war.
Iran says its Revolutionary Guard Corps opened fire from a gunboat on three commercial vessels as they were about to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
One of them sustained heavy damage.
Two of the vessels were moved into Iranian waters.
It's unclear what will happen with them.
The escalating tension follows President Trump's ceasefire extension in the hopes that negotiations between the two sides will resume.
But Tehran says a ceasefire is meaningless unless the U.S.
blockade in the Strait of Hormuz is lifted.
has prevented dozens of ships from accessing Iranian ports.
Iran sees the blockade as an act of war.
London-based Lloyd's List says the Rich Starry, a combined chemical and oil tanker, transited the Strait of Hormuz early morning local time, hours after the U.S.
naval blockade was implemented, and that the vessel made a U-turn in the Gulf of Oman.
Lloyd's List says the Rich Starry had been transmitting false data, known as spoofing, since early April, which could mean it was loaded with Iranian cargo.
Ships can often mask their movements by spoofing or turning off their transponders.
Central Command says six merchant vessels heading towards the strait complied with direction from U.S.
forces to turn around and that no others have gotten through.
London-based Lloyd's List says the Rich Starry, a combined chemical and oil tanker, transited the Strait of Hormuz early morning local time, hours after the U.S.