At least 2 ships were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz after Trump announced an indefinite extension of Iran’s ceasefire.

At least two ships were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the British military, one cargo ship and one container ship, which could jeopardize efforts to restart peace talks between the US and Iran.

The UK Maritime Trade Operations Center (UKMTO) reported early Wednesday that a “gunboat” of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired on a container ship 15 nautical miles northeast of Oman. There was no radio warning before the boat “shot the ship,” according to the British Royal Navy-led UKMTO, which caused “significant damage to the bridge” but all crew members were “reported safe.”

Three hours later, the UKMTO reported a second incident, this time 8 nautical miles west of Iran, where the cargo ship said it had been fired upon and was “now suspended in the water.” Members of the group were “safe and reported” and there was no mention of the source of the attack.

Data from ship-tracking website MarineTraffic showed two container ships docked off the coast of Iran near the Strait of Hormuz early Wednesday: the Panamanian-flagged MSC Francesca and the Greek-operated Epaminondas. Both of these ships had been spreading their positions in the Persian Gulf.

The IRGC confirmed on Wednesday that the two ships were “captured by the IRGC Navy and transported to the Iranian coast.” The IRGC added that the ships “entered the area without proper authorization and allegedly disrupted their transit plans.”

“Disrupting the order and security of the Strait of Hormuz is our red line,” the statement said.

The companies that own the ships did not respond to a CBS News request for comment on the status of the relevant workers.

CBS News partner network BBC News and Reuters news agency reported that a third ship had been hit by gunfire on Wednesday, but the UKMTO did not confirm those reports to CBS News.

This attack comes after the President Trump announced that the fragile ceasefire deadline between the US and Iran will be extended on Tuesday, hours before it expires, to allow peace talks to continue.

The president said he had agreed to a ceasefire at the request of Pakistan, which hosted the first round of talks, and blamed Iran’s “highly fragmented” government for the delay.

Mr. Trump said he was giving Tehran more time to “come up with a joint proposal.”

“Therefore I have directed our Military to continue the Blockade and, in all other respects, remain ready and able, so it will extend the Ceasefire until the time when their proposal is sent, and the negotiations are concluded, one way or another,” Mr. Trump posted his Truth Social platform on Tuesday afternoon.

Iran’s official news agency, Tasnim, reported on Tuesday that Iran had not asked for an extension of the ceasefire.

Mahdi Mohammadi, a senior adviser to the speaker of Iran’s parliament, wrote in X on Tuesday that the extension was “meaningless,” adding that continuing the “siege” “is not an alternative to bombing and must be met with a military response.”

He pointed out the expansion of Mr. Trump called the ceasefire “a strategy to buy time for a surprise strike.”

Wednesday’s attack came after the United States shot down an Iranian container ship over the weekend and boarded an oil tanker linked to Iran’s oil trade in the Indian Ocean.