A ship ran aground in the Strait of Hormuz after not running Iran\u2019s approved route through the water, Iranian state television reported Wednesday. The report identified the affected vessel as a foreign container ship, but offered no other immediate details.
\nThe Iranian state TV report appeared aimed at underlining the claims Tehran has made since the US-Iran war to control over the strait, which has long been considered by the world as an international waterway and saw a fifth of all oil and natural gas pass through it in peacetime.
\nIt also came as US Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump\u2019s son-in-law, were in Doha, Qatar, for talks with mediators as Iranian negotiators were also to be there. Iran and the United States agreed as part of an interim deal to allow ships to pass uncharged for 60 days, but Tehran insisted it must control the routes of the vessels and later charge fees for passage, upending decades of practice in the waterway.
\nThe US and many Gulf Arab states say they won\u2019t agree to the charges. An effort by Oman and a UN agency to launch a new route near Oman\u2019s shore sparked attacks across the Mideast over last weekend, highlighting the tensions still gripping the Mideast. Iranian state TV said the ship \u201cran aground with its cargo because of shallow waters along the route it had chosen and was unable to continue sailing.\u201d
\nIt said shippers needed to follow the instructions of Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard in the strait. The Guard\u2019s navy \u201chas repeatedly warned captains, shipowners and officials of shipping companies around the world that any entry or exit through routes other than the \u201cRoute of Authority\u201d in the Arabian Gulf could lead to irreparable incidents,\u201d it said. The report did not mention the two ships Iran attacked in recent days for daring to head out through the strait without Tehran\u2019s permission, including one that was carrying crude oil from Qatar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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