A nine ship Iranian cargo convoy has been the subject of a lot of speculation by Pentagon officials, who figured it may well be carrying weapons, and might conceivably be en route to Yemen.
Today, US officials conceded that the convoy, whose intentions and cargo are unclear, is no longer headed in the general direction of Yemen, and now might be heading toward Iran instead.
Iran has not addressed what the ships are doing, though today two Iranian Navy ships met the convoy and escorted it in its new direction. The US had previously boarded a Panamanian ship, accusing it of carrying Iranian weapons, but not finding anything.
The Pentagon had made its deployment on warships off the coast of Yemen primarily about this mystery convoy, saying it gives them “options.” The ships are also participating in the Saudi naval blockade of Yemen.
I have it on good authority that, now that the US warships intervened, the convoy is also no longer beating its wife. This does not, however, absolve Iran of controlling Hollywood.
It ought to be noted in this story that NONE of the ships stopped in the blockade of Yemen have been found to have weapons. None of the ships from anywhere have had weapons.
This has been a food blockade of a starving country. It is deliberate, with ships remaining stopped AFTER they were already cleared as having only food.