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Iran fires on 2 ships in Strait of Hormuz after Trump extends ceasefire 79%
By Anders Hagstrom0%
4/22/2026, 10:18:07 AM
Topics: Iran US Conflict, Middle East Tensions
Keywords: Iran, Strait Of Hormuz, Trump, Ceasefire, Blockade, Revolutionary Guard, Kharg Island, Peace Talks
BS Summary: This article contains 22 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Politically Right Leaning Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 16.9% saturation with 227 hits. Analysis detected 1,762 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,345 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 71% and a BS Rank of 79% (3,672 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 78.20% of the article peer group.
Iran fires on 2 ships in Strait of Hormuz after Trump extends ceasefire
President Donald Trump extended the U.S. ceasefire with Iran until Tehran presents a "unified proposal" for talks in Pakistan.
Initial talks scheduled for Wednesday have been cancelled.
Covered by: Anders Hagstrom
WHAT TO KNOW
President Donald Trump extended a ceasefire with Iran through Wednesday after peace talks were cancelled in Pakistan.
The U.S. says the ceasefire will continue until Tehran presents a "unified proposal" to continue Pakistan talks.
The U.S. is continuing its blockade on Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz and Arabian Sea throughout the ceasefire.
Iran has taken custody of two ships after opening fire in Strait of Hormuz, Iranian media says
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Iranian state media reports that Iranian forces have taken custody of two trade vessels in the Strait of Hormuz after opening fire on the ships Wednesday.
Reports say the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps have taken custody over the Panama-flagged MSC Francesca and Liberia-flagged Epaminondas and are bringing them to Iran.
Reports said Iran fired on a third vessel in the strait as well, but did not take it into custody.
International ship tracking from Marine Traffic shows both vessels stationary off the coast of Iran in the strait.
News of Iran's assault on the vessels first came from the United Kingdom Maritime Operations, which reported an IRGC gunboat had caused significant damage to the bridge of one of the container ships.
Posted by Anders Hagstrom
Keith Kellogg urges US to 'finish the job' against Iran by seizing islands, strangling economy
Lt.
Gen.
Keith Kellogg (Ret.) is urging the U.S. to "finish the job" against Iran, calling for the seizure of strategic islands, crippling its energy sector and arming insurgents inside the country after a fragile ceasefire was extended in a bid to keep negotiations alive.
"Let’s not negotiate anymore.
Let’s just walk away.
Let’s finish the job," Kellogg said Tuesday on "Hannity."
Kellogg, who previously served as a special envoy for Ukraine and Russia under the Trump administration, argued that Iran’s damaged leadership and economic collapse present an opportunity to intensify pressure rather than pursue diplomacy.
He highlighted Iran’s "fractured" command structure as a point of weakness, arguing that the U.S. should compound pressure through economic and military means to force the regime to "buckle."
"As I say, let's create more problems for them and try to figure this out," Kellogg said.
"That's why I keep going back to take something like Kharg Island or seize the islands in the Strait of Hormuz with ... the ARGs that you've got there, and you've got elements of the 82nd [Airborne].
They can take Kharg Island."
"All of a sudden, now you're creating and compounding the problem for them [Iran] to try to solve, and I don't think they can solve it because they don't have the leadership left that can figure this out."
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Taylor Penley.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard sidelines president as military grip expands
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the elite branch of the Iranian armed forces, has blocked President Masoud Pezeshkian’s presidential appointments and erected what sources described as a security cordon around Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, a report published Tuesday by Iran International said.
The IRGC effectively has assumed control over key state functions, the report claimed.
"It was always a matter of when, not if, the IRGC was going to step forward even more than it has in the last three decades," Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior director of the Iran program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital.
Pezeshkian has reached a "complete political deadlock" as tensions between his administration and the military leadership deepen, according to the report.
The reported shift could have major consequences far beyond Iran.
Analysts say a more powerful IRGC likely would mean a more confrontational Iran, less willing to compromise in talks with Washington and more inclined to continue military escalation across the region.
With U.S.-Iran negotiations already faltering and uncertainty growing over whether Tehran will even send negotiators to the next round of talks, the rise of the Revolutionary Guard raises fresh doubts about who actually is making decisions in Iran and whether any civilian official can still speak for the regime.
"But it’s a mistake to assume this is some sort of coup," Ben Taleblu said.
"This has been the process in Iran for years now, as the regime has chosen conflict over cooperation and emboldened its security forces at every juncture."
Pezeshkian’s recent effort to appoint a new intelligence minister collapsed after direct pressure from IRGC commander Ahmad Vahidi, sources told Iran International, arguing that all proposed candidates, including former Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan, were rejected.
Vahidi reportedly insisted that under wartime conditions, all critical and sensitive positions must be chosen and managed directly by the Revolutionary Guard until further notice.
"By any standard, Vahidi is considered a radical even within the regime’s hardline elite, and his rise is a warning that Tehran’s war machine now calls the shots," Lisa Daftari, foreign policy analyst and journalist, told Fox News Digital.
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Efrat Lachter.
Taking Kharg Island will ‘always be on the table’: Israeli special ops veteran
An Israeli special operations veteran argued that taking Iran's Kharg Island stronghold will "always be on the table" Wednesday.
Israeli veteran Aaron Cohen made the statement as tensions in the Strait of Hormuz continue to rise, with Iranian forces firing on at least three vessels Wednesday.
Kharg Island serves as the main export hub of crude oil for Iran, making it absolutely essential for the regime.
New Iran ceasefire extension will be short, sources say
President Donald Trump's new ceasefire with Iran will be a short one, Fox News' Sean Hannity reported Tuesday night.
Hannity cited multiple unnamed sources who told him the ceasefire is expected to be brief.
The U.S. said the truce is expected to continue until Tehran presents a "unified proposal" for peace talks to continue in Pakistan.
Second ship reportedly fired upon near Iran
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In what appears to be the second recent maritime incident in the region, a cargo ship has reportedly been fired upon near Iran, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Centre noted.
"UKMTO has received a report of an incident 8NM west of Iran.
A master of an outbound cargo ship reports having been fired upon and is now stopped in the water.
Crew are safe and accounted for.
There is no reported damage to the vessel," the UKMTO warning notes.
A prior UKMTO notice had noted a report that a container ship was fired upon by an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps gun boat near Oman.
"UKMTO has received a report of an incident 15NM northeast of OMAN.
The Master of a Container Ship reported that the vessel was approached by 1 IRGC gun boat, no VHF challenge that then fired upon the vessel which has caused heavy damage to the bridge.
No fires or environmental impact reported.
All Crew reported safe," the UKMTO warning stated.
Trump says Iran ‘collapsing financially’ amid Strait of Hormuz blockade
President Donald Trump said Iran is “collapsing financially” as tensions over the Strait of Hormuz continue to escalate.
“They want the Strait of Hormuz opened immediately- Starving for cash!
Losing 500 Million Dollars a day,” Trump said.
“Military and Police complaining that they are not getting paid.
SOS!!!"
The comments echoed a similar post from Trump earlier Tuesday, when he said the Iranian regime is trying to “save face” over the closure of the strait.
“Iran doesn’t want the Strait of Hormuz closed; they want it open so they can make $500 million a day (which is, therefore, what they are losing if it is closed!),” Trump wrote in the earlier post.
“They only say they want it closed because I have it totally BLOCKADED (CLOSED!), so they merely want to ‘save face,’” he added.
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