President Donald Trump said he is extending the ceasefire in the war with Iran until talks between the U.S. and Iran are concluded.

“In no way, shape or form has there been a time where in, at least in this deployment, where they’ve not met the nutritional requirements of our menu,” said Adm. Daryl Caudle, chief of naval operations.

U.S. forces conducted an interdiction and boarding of a stateless, sanctioned oil tanker in the Indo-Pacific region, the Pentagon said, highlighting the global effort to pressure Iran as ceasefire negotiations continue.

After the Iranian vessel, TOUSKA, failed to comply with repeated U.S. warnings over a six-hour period, Spruance ordered the engine room to be evacuated and then fired several rounds into it, CENTCOM said.

The move to take up the measure, which would have required President Trump to seek authorization from Congress for continuing the war, failed in a 214-213 vote.

Israel launched attacks in Lebanon about six weeks ago, targeting Iran-backed militia and political group Hezbollah, which is not party to the Lebanon-Israel talks. 

U.S. military forces have widened the shipping blockade on Iran to include cargoes deemed contraband, and any vessels suspected of trying to reach Iranian territory will be “subject to belligerent right to visit and search.”

The vote Wednesday is expected to be the start of a flurry of similar actions in the coming weeks.

The transfer of that title to Ford is the latest development in a whipsaw deployment that has seen the ship and its more than 4,500 embarked personnel on station in the Mediterranean, Caribbean and Red seas.

A U.S. naval blockade aimed at strangling Iran’s economy is ramping up pressure as the war enters its seventh week, with Tehran warning of possible retaliation.