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Navy special forces from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps used a helicopter to board and seize a container ship near the Strait of Hormuz, the state-run
news agency reported. It added that the MSC Aries was being transferred to Iranian territorial waters. Video on the state-owned news network, Press TV, showed what it said were people using a rope to drop onto the ship. NBC News could not independently verify the footage. stated that the Portuguese-flagged ship was operated by the Zodiac shipping company, which it linked to an Israeli businessman. Zodiac said in a statement that the ship is managed and operated by the U.K.-based shipping company, MSC. Iranian authorities did not immediately issue a public statement on the incident.
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