{
  "id": 13845501,
  "title": "135 ships turned around: US intensifies enforcement of Iran naval blockade",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/135-ships-turned-around-us-intensifies-enforcement-of-iran-naval",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T01:11:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/135-ships-turned-around-us-intensifies-enforcement-of-iran-naval-blockade-1.500706889"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The US military has ramped up the enforcement of its naval blockade of Iranian ports, with four commercial vessels disabled, 135 ships turned around, and 10 tankers linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard destroyed over the past three months as of Sunday (October 11). Latest strike: M/V Ocean Molica disabled According to the US Central Command (CentCom), a US fighter jet struck the stern of the…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Chronicle Ghana",
        "title": "US forces disable ship ‘attempting to run’ Iran blockade in Gulf of Oman",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/us-forces-disable-ship-attempting-to-run-iran-blockade-in-gulf-of-oman",
        "published": "2026-10-12T00:35:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}