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Iran shuns talks after US seizes ship Touska

Iran has shunned peace talks after the US Navy seized the Iranian commercial vessel Touska in the Arabian Sea.

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Monday, 20 April 2026 at 12:41 UTC
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Iran has shunned peace talks with the United States following the US Navy's seizure of the Iranian commercial vessel Touska. U.S. Central Command released video showing the interdiction, where the USS Spruance disabled the ship with its deck gun before Marines from the USS Tripoli boarded it. The Touska is the first non-military Iranian ship the US is known to have seized during the current conflict. As a result, peace talks between Iran and the US, which were being held in Pakistan, are now hanging in limbo.
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