U.S. Central Command said late Saturday that American forces disabled a St. Kitts-flagged commercial ship in the Gulf of Oman after it ignored multiple warnings and attempted to leave the region following a visit to an Iranian port, The Associated Press reported.

The command described the vessel as attempting to breach the U.S. naval blockade on Iran. The account of the encounter came from the U.S. military.

U.S. forces have been enforcing the blockade for months in and around the Strait of Hormuz, a strategically important shipping route, including for oil. According to AP, the last confirmed U.S. strike on a cargo vessel occurred nearly a month earlier in the Gulf of Oman.

The disclosure comes amid uncertainty over other military activity in the region. AP reported that Central Command had not announced at least two recent strikes and had declined to confirm them when asked about local reports of explosions.

Iranian state media separately reported explosions Saturday evening on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz and in the port of Jask. Their cause was not immediately clear, and the U.S. military did not immediately respond to AP’s request for comment.

This article is based on Associated Press reporting published by CityNews. AP writer Konstantin Toropin contributed from Washington.

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