🚨 BREAKING: U.S. Seize IRGC Ship - Navy Opens Fire - Iran War Escalates

Welcome back to TUSI TV. This is your global news channel. I'm Maya Tusi and we have some breaking news coming from the Middle East as the United States Navy have now taken full control of one of the IRGC vessels. Following that we have just received some breaking news. Retaliation from the Islamic regime in Iran is now imminent.

There is a lot to cover. Also it is now technically speaking, well in the Middle East, it's Monday the 20th of April, but Eastern time and of course in Europe it's still technically the 19th which is Sunday. Monday which is obviously 20th is supposed to be the day of negotiations, the final round of talks, but the Islamic regime representatives are still refusing to show up in Pakistan. All right, so first things first, we're going to talk about what's going on in the Strait of Hormuz and the the US Navy who opened fire

towards the Iranian a ship We also have the issue of the ceasefire talks, which we will cover in this on this show as well Hezbollah have also violated the ceasefire with Israel and the Israeli Defense Forces have responded swiftly. And of course the IDF are also preparing to resume their fighting again with the Islamists. All this is going to be covered now. We also Now, we also have a video that has been released by the US Central Command

from the moment when the Iranian ship was refusing to follow the order and the blockade, and of course, the US Navy opened fire. First, let's talk about the details of what we know so far. According to CENTCOM, the US forces operating in the Arabian Sea enforced the naval blockade measures against an Iranian cargo vessel attempting to sail towards an Iranian port. Now on board of this

vessel and of course all the major Cargoes and other type of ships that we have you now have the IRGC military personnel and representatives on board to ensure that The the people in charge are under their monitor But the problem with this is that obviously that's going to create some escalation and it has So let's go to the video that we have from the moment of the interception. A guided missile destroyer USS Spruance DDG 111

intercepted Tuska. For the record, this is the name of the the vessel Tuska. T-O-U-S-K-a no relations to to see TV before you start As a transited the North Arabian Sea at 17 knots en route to Bandar Abbas Iran

American forces issued and multiple warnings and informed the Iranian flag vessel It was in violation of the US blockade. After Tusco's crew failed to comply with repeated warnings over a six hour period, this was not an accident, 30 seconds sort of situation, six hour period, we then directed the vessel to evacuate its engine room. The vessel disabled Tuska's propulsion by firing several rounds from the destroyer into the engine room of Tuska. US Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit

later boarded the non-compliant vessel which remains in US custody. Let's go to the moment of the interception.

Motor vessel Tosca, vacate your engine room. Vacate your engine room. We're prepared to subject you to disabling fire.

And they're going to open fire. There we go. They F'd the round and then they found out. They thought they could just bluff. They thought the Americans were bluffing. Hours before the Monday final round of talks. Are these people absolutely insane at this point? The IRGC.

CENTCOM also said that the American forces acted in a deliberate professional and proportional manner to ensure compliance since the blockade's commencement. US forces have directed 25 commercial vessels to turn around or Iranian ports. Six hour period, no compliance from that side, the Iranian side, of course. They had to take some measures. We now have breaking news from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Iran's Khatam al-Ambia's central headquarters have released a statement. The aggressive America violated the ceasefire and committed maritime piracy by firing at

one of Iran's commercial ships in the waters of the Sea of Oman and disabling its navigation system by deploying a number of its terrorist marines on the deck of the mentioned vessel, thereby assaulting it. We warn that the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran will soon respond to and retaliate against this maritime piracy and armed act by the US military. So we are now expecting an imminent Retaliation form at the IRGC military is that's going to be absolutely beautiful as We are hours away supposed to be hours away. Okay, so we're now getting an update the IRGC launched a drone

Let's get some updates on this quickly and oil is... there's also a reaction when it comes to oil. I think there is a... there is a ongoing development as well. Israeli fighter jets are now flying over Syria. Okay, so we'll wait for that. Everything's happening at the same time. But the IRGC forces launched a drone strike at the US naval vessels following the interception of one of their ships. And also, the latest we now have again if

you're watching this live this is obviously as it is in the next few hours in the next couple of days the next few minutes everything could change obviously that's the nature of live breaking news that when you're dealing with a bunch of nutters in Iran so as of now which is 6 22 p.m. Eastern Time and obviously 1 52 a.m. Monday in Iran, according to the Islamic regime in Tehran the claims of a second round of talks in Islamabad are inaccurate and the Islamic regime will

not send any representative to Pakistan to talk to the Americans. For the record the US representatives led by Steve Whitkoff are supposed to be on their way to Pakistan or should be there. That's the interesting thing because we heard this afternoon that the Americans are going. Now last week when the talks were confirmed, I think it was a Tuesday, both the Americans and the Iranian side they arrived the night before and with pomp and

everything else, ceremony. We had you know cameras everywhere. The night before we saw JD Vance, Steve Witkoff and everybody else. So the Americans say that they have sent these guys but we haven't actually seen or heard anything from the American side either. Nothing from the Iranian side. Again they might be there and they might just be bluffing or lying. They might turn up in the morning say yeah let's have a chat but as of now the information that

we have is that the Americans are supposed to be on their way. Not sure why they're not there yet the night before and the Iranian side are not there. They're refusing to turn up. Obviously the distance between Iran and Pakistan is easier. They can just change their mind in the morning at 6am and just quickly get on one of their government planes. We also have this statement from the president.

Today an Iranian flag cargo ship named Tuska, again no relations to to CCTV, nearly 900 feet long and weighing almost as much as an aircraft carrier, tried to get past our naval blockade and it did not go well for them. The US Navy guided missile destroyer intercepted the Tusker in the Gulf of Oman and gave them fair warning to stop. The Iranian crew refused to listen, so our Navy ship stopped them right in their tracks

by blowing a hole in their engine room. Right now the US Marines have custody of the vessel. The Tusker is under US Treasury sanctions because of the prior history of illegal activity. We have full custody of the ship and we are seeing what's on board President Donald J. Trump. The fascinating thing about this is that, as I said, the intel that we have is that

on board of these big vessels and cargo ships, we have IRGC representatives, IRGC officials officials because they don't trust anybody. They don't trust their own people so they are there to keep an eye on everything and including obviously any sort of tensions with the Americans during this blockade situation The problem here is the the US Navy are now in charge of the vessel so that means they have IRGC members in US custody for the first time since the war has begun.

So the Islamic Republic are now having an absolute meltdown. Now, they're going to go around cry saying we've got hostages released the hostages basically. That's what they're going to do. So this is a fascinating situation, but we are going to go around cry saying we've got hostages release the hostages basically that's what they're going to do. So this is a fascinating situation but we are going to get more information about what's happening with the with the crew of course.

But there is also. Oh yes. The Islamic Republic have also said the following. They don't trust the Americans apparently. Well, no, us, Sherlock. They've said that American terrorists have extensive experience in the matter of deception through negotiation and over the course of one year they attacked Iran twice during negotiations

while constantly speaking of the talks progress. Well we're gonna have the third one Sindan, aren't we? They continue. Iran is fully prepared this time as well and considers the scenario of war more likely than the continuation of negotiations. Therefore Iran is prepared to with the reconstructions and the preparations it has undertaken over the past two weeks, cement unforgettable hellish hours right from the outset of renewed conflict

with America and Israel. Additionally, an analysis of Iran's positions show that if the war begins and infrastructure is targeted once again, Iran will completely abandon the restraints it exercised in the first round of war regarding the obviously Fajr and Al-Manab and all the other Arab bases and infrastructure. Obviously, we've got a lot of oil facilities, gas facilities in Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE, Saudi. Now, apparently, during the first phase of the war, the first 40 days,

the IRGC, by by choice they were showing restraint. That was on purpose. Getting hammered, losing their leadership, losing their air force and their navy being annihilated. That was by choice guys. Yeah, they were just, you know, they were being patient while getting killed and hiding in hospitals and schools Going forward apparently they're now going to be brave enough. They're gonna be like Braveheart and instead of obviously

shouting Freedom they're going to say 72 virgin goats There's 72 virgin goats are getting prepared by Greg the goat. Okay we also have a quick thing in terms of the US military and mobilization and redeployment in the region. I mentioned yesterday or earlier today about USS

Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier. We now have an update. So Ford has now officially returned to the Middle East alongside two destroyers, USS Mahan and the USS Winston S. Churchill, joining the USS Abraham Lincoln that is already operating near the, just obviously outside of the Gulf of Oman

USS George HW Bush is also on its way and expected to arrive in the next few days. So as you can see the theater of war is once again getting prepared but by the time USS George HW Bush arrives we might already be in a hot conflict because the IRGC are now getting ready to launch. So the Israeli Air Force fighter jets are now flying over Syria as I mentioned a few minutes ago we're going to get more updates on that. But there is another situation.

So apparently the Islamic regime said they have been monitoring the US redeployment that are obviously getting ready for surprise and rapid military attacks. So I'm guessing they have been watching TCTV to stay up to date. So thank you IODC for watching to stay up to date with the US mobilization. Anyway, we also have this statement from the outrage, absolutely outrage, Anwar Gargash from the United Arab Emirates. He has now said that it is now no longer possible to return to the previous pace in relations

with Iran with a review and guarantees. Essentially, the whole relationship between the Arabs and the Islamic Republic of Iran has completely changed. It's too late and all bridges have been burnt. They are now awaiting a new regime in Iran and a new free and democratic Iran so they could once again have a good relationship with that country.

A quick statement from the Israeli Defense Forces also coming in in terms of the ceasefire that has now been officially violated and broken by the Islamists. Before we get to that, we've got a couple of reactions here. Make a Persia great again and also the rest of Iran. Let's not forget best coverage on the planet's factual statements.

Thank you, dude. You are a bad a mother effort. It's a family show, guys. Keep it up. Love from the US. Thank you. Kevin says after Iran attacked Indian ships, it is time for Modi to join the coalition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by deploying the large Indian Navy. If they would, if they do that, that would be the most hilarious thing because Pakistan will no longer be the mediator and I think that's a good idea India get involved it's time defend your

interests and Heather says we prefer to be called pirates not a terrorists thank you for your attention to this matter yes how dare you it's American pirates not terrorists. Okay, so let's quickly go to the Israeli Defense Forces and the latest statements from the violation of ceasefire by the Islamists.

The IDF says that the Israeli Defense Forces soldiers identified an armed Islamist terrorist who violated the ceasefire understandings by crossing the forward defense line and approaching IDF soldiers posing an immediate threat. Following the identification the soldiers eliminated the terrorists. So as So, as you can see, we are having an extremely but largely peaceful ceasefire.

Hours away, hours to go until the so-called negotiations. All right, so let me just have a look at the latest data coming in and then we're going to go back to... Oh. Right. We might be looking at an imminent attack. The problem with this is that obviously when the information comes in, it's

always at least a few minutes delayed. So there might be an attack happening now by the IRGC, but we might not get it for the next few minutes until it is confirmed or some sort of statement has been released. I'm not really sure if they are brave enough to do it. I don't know.

Maybe we should do a wager. I don't know if they're going to be brave enough to actually do an actual attack. They might be launching a couple of drones at probably like USS Abraham Lincoln, something that is not really going to be damaged. Do you remember when the war was about to start, Tucker Carlson and all the other self-appointed experts

were going around saying that the moment the war begins with Iran, firstly it's gonna be World War III, apparently, still waiting for that, and they also said USS Abraham Lincoln will be destroyed. The Iranian regime will sink it.

Still waiting for that as well. It's not going too well. But they have launched a couple of drones previously and didn't work out well. As we speak, the president of Argentina, one of my favorites, Javier Mele is now in Israel to of course show support

to the Israelis and increase cooperation between the two countries. Things have massively changed in South America as you can see over the last few years. Let's quickly go to the video we have from the visit of Mille. I have to say about you, I have to say about you. I have to say about you. I have to say about you.

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Please. Javier Mele is, somehow, Javier Mele is even shorter than Very Minneton. That's an achievement. It's so short. Anyway, I can't talk, by the way. I think we might be looking at the situation tonight and tomorrow.

Could be literally in the next few hours, few minutes, where the Americans might have to be forced to do a preemptive attack because, well technically, technically speaking, from the perspective of the Islamic Republic, the Americans started this, right? That's how they see it, because they seized one of the ships and they also

opened fire. Obviously that was because the IRGC vessel was not responding. They were not cooperating but they're gonna see it as the Americans started it. So they are seeing what they're about to do, the IRGC, as a legitimate retaliation. That's how they genuinely believe it. They're not even like pretending. So we we're gonna have to call it a preemptive attack now by the Americans because I think if there is going to be any risk

assessment being done right now by the military intelligence in the US and the Israeli side, if they are right now monitoring the situation as they are and if they do believe that what's about to happen in the next few minutes, potentially potentially is simply a couple of IRGC drones or maybe one missile being launched at the Americans that's fine you could ignore that and continue to prepare for tomorrow or for the next day whatever the original plan was to return to war but if the military assessment indicates that the IRGC are

going to go a little bit insane and start hitting Dubai, for example, again, then I do believe the best option would be for the Americans to bring forward the original plans, because they are prepared anyway. They know when they're going to hit. Nobody knows, but they know. They might have to do that first before the IRGC managed to regroup. Of course that is up to the commander-in-chief. There is also an

update from Iran's ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghadam has now said that the US naval blockade undermines diplomacy. For the record, the IRC started the blockade first, but apparently the Americans responding is a bit of a violation. He now says you cannot keep violating international law, double down on your blockade, threaten Iran with further war crimes and pretend to be pursuing diplomacy.

It is interesting how the Islamic Republic suddenly care about international law. A bunch of terrorists who have occupied a major country in the Middle East. But yeah, if they want to believe that, let them believe it. We are awaiting some breaking news in the next few minutes. Stay with us. James says, I think it's a popping off as you speak to see probably to see.

Do you think IRGC violated against the US Navy? Does that mean that they are trying to delay the Monday negotiation? Definitely. I think one of the main reasons they haven't confirmed whether they are attending tomorrow or not,

is not really just because they believe that the Americans have the upper hand, the Americans' demands are too tough, and they don't know what to do. It's actually because nobody knows who's in charge in Iran. There are different factions as you go and they need to know who they're going to send

and they need to know whether they are all on the same page. I think that's the biggest problem right now in Tehran. One of the reasons that they would like ideally to delay this at least they can't they can't ask because they got too much pride. Let's just say right at this point technically they can pick up the phone to the White House and say can we please extend can we just like do it next week. They can they can beg right. But that will show weakness.

You can't show weakness at this point. So what what you might have to do is to find an excuse to delay this. But the problem is if you go too far, it might go too far. The perfect example is the moment the war started about a month and a half ago, the IRGC strategy, which made sense at the time, was to start hitting the Arab countries. But the idea was supposed to be to hit the Arabs a little bit US bases in Arab countries so that the

Arab leadership could put pressure on President Trump to say stop, let's do a ceasefire. The problem with that strategy is that they went a little bit too far instead of hitting US bases, they started hitting residential areas in Arab cities. At that point, it was too late for the Arabs to put pressure on the president. They said, well, now you've gone too far.

Now we are turning against you in Iran. So my fear is they might actually be, even if their plan was to basically find an excuse to cause some chaos to basically delay tomorrow's appointment, tomorrow's meeting by doing this by basically provoking the Americans to open fire and take one of your ships. And also in retaliation, you guys launched a drone. Yeah that might have slightly gone too far.

But we will only find out the the outcome in the next few minutes a few hours whether the Americans will actually now bite hard or whether they're going to be patient okay we now have also another statement from the Speaker of Parliament in Iran Iran Bali Barf. Or as Ivan says, I forgot what he says, was it Bali Barf? Like, was it?

I can't remember. Ivan, let me know. He says, Vibe trading digital oil is like Vibe hedging in treasuries during Homer's risk-off. It's typing like high on cannabis as a 14 year old boy.

Both shares one house of cards that works on paper. Difference. Oil at least has dated Brent. Treasuries, vibes all the way down. It's gone insane. I know and I'm going to explain why this is happening by the way down. It's got insane. I know and I'm gonna explain why this is happening by the way. He's not writing it. He's literally not writing this. So we have already exposed Ghalibaf and I'm gonna show it to you again if I have access to it. So Ghalibaf right now is not, well the Speaker of Parliament, his account on X

let me put this on for you guys quickly, is not actually being operated by Ghalibaf as someone who is from Iran in Iran. This gibberish, because he's doing it on purpose, well the person who's doing it by the way

This is on purpose what you're seeing on the screen

You can tell this is not how he talks if you for those who are aware of how he is his personality

Also a Persian speaking person. not an English speaking person. It's not him because somebody in the US, somebody in California, an IRGC affiliate in California is posting on his behalf.

And you can tell by going on his account on the back end of the account. And it says, obviously, based in the US. That's not VPN, because the regime members in Iran don't use VPN. They're not allowed. And also they don't need to use VPN because they have their own access. But so this guy is not actually high. He's not posting anything.

It's somebody else doing it. Okay so let me quickly go back here before we wait for more fireworks and start with the if I were them what I would do approach. I'm certain they're garbage for brain and might get valuable insights from you instead. Just because you told me to not do that I'm going to double down and do it more. I'm going to give more advice to the IRGC, the Islamic Republic if you're watching this. I'm going to give you more advice in

the next few days. The reason for this is because I am a contrarian. You do not tell me what to do I will do the exact opposite and also the level of idiocy in this statement that's not how it works. I can assure you even though they are low IQ they're not gonna get any insight from me. They should but they're not. I just have to say that the IRGC is the dumbest enemy America has ever had to deal with. I think objectively that's probably true. Objectively speaking compared to anything else that the Americans had to

deal with for the past century or so. I think that is very very true. Thank you. Maya truly believe that if by 2028 your 2CTV gets to supersede fake channels and stupid media reporting, we might have the right elections here in the US. People are seriously starved of truth. But we are still beating most of the, all the European media outlets in terms of the ratings. And, but obviously the US overall is a bigger country.

But in terms of the, not the net number of viewers, but the overall ratings, we're still also beating most of the, the American outlets in terms of the liberal news establishments, in terms of actual live viewership. OK, I'm biting, how tall are you? Here we go. So the way I would say it to make myself sound a bit taller is I'm just, just shorter than

5'8". In centimeters I think I am 175, 176, something like that. 170, let's go with that. I'm taller than Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron. Put together. Combined. They are tiny. Anyway, Tusi is 5 feet 3 tall. Wow.

5 feet 3. That is Javier Mele probably. My wife Sarah and I watch your show daily. Her family is in the country and in our hearts. Thank you for keeping us informed. Thank you very much for watching Justin. Millie looks like he could be the guitarist of the Grateful Dead. Cool hair

like you. Maga. He does have good hair. Well hair, but good crazy. Dear IRGC, don't threaten us with a good time. Sincerely, America. It's going to be a bumpy road in the next few hours. Okay, so let me just quickly get the latest update for you guys to see if the crazy idiots in Iran are doing... Oh, wow. OK.

Yeah we now have confirmation.

We have confirmation that the crew of the Iranian ship custody which means

the U.S. Marines actually the U.S. Marines are now

What we now call the IRGC hostages

So this is fascinating at the I can assure you the the position the narrative is now going to be

From the Islamic Republic the Americans have taken Iranians hostages. That's what they're gonna do, right?

So they're gonna use that as an excuse to say, we're not going to talk until you release our hostages. That's going to be the new position. We're not going to turn up tomorrow because it's, as I said, they've gone a little bit too far because if they even want to change their mind to turn up tomorrow to talk in Islamabad, it shows huge weakness it's embarrassing even their own supporters Candace Owens Tucker Carlson Joe Kent even they're gonna be like a little bit bad Islamists

a little bit bad you are literally caving in so again IRGC I'm giving your advice even though I've been telling you guys you need to sign the surrender deal. Probably best not to turn up tomorrow. If you do, I'm gonna laugh at you, I'm gonna humiliate you,

but it's probably best to find a way to extend to some sort of delay, delay tactic. That's the best option for you guys. Meanwhile there, we are waiting for USS George H.W. Bush to also arrive. We don't really need that but the Americans are prepared.

The US Marines go on guys. Anyway.

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to fight against America, in America. Welcome to the 21st century. Back in the day, you used to worry about tanks crossing borders from the enemy side. Now, you used to worry about tanks crossing borders from the enemy side. Now you have to worry about enemy within in all our countries in the Western world. Well it's quite peaceful in Beirut.

We've got the live feed from Beirut. I'm trying to see if we have the live feed back from the Strait of Hormuz. I was keeping an eye on that situation. I think it's back. I think I have good news. No, no, do we? I need to confirm this.

It has been disconnected. That's great. So I don't have the live feed from Hormuz anymore. Everything's going fine. Let me just double check the feed.

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To see you are hot, good looking man, sexy. See all these are factual statements and I approve this message. On that note, I'm going to double check with our sources in the Persian Gulf and the Arab countries especially in UAE to see what they are up to and what they are hearing. I think the next few hours are going to be interesting. I don't think I'm going to be sleeping tonight, so I'm going to keep an eye on their developments because any moment we might have a bit of a situation.

So we're going to keep you guys posted over the next few hours right here on 2CTV. So we're going to keep you guys posted over the next few hours right here on 2CTV. Thank you so much for watching.