A foreign container ship ran aground in the Strait of Hormuz on July 1. Iranian state television reported it, and AP News and KIRO 7 News confirmed the details.
The ship had been on a route Iran had not approved.
Since the June ceasefire, Iran has required commercial ships to follow a designated corridor it controls through the Strait, and the Revolutionary Guard has made its position clear: ships on other routes will not receive its safe-passage guarantees. The Straits Times reported in late June that Iran had explicitly warned ships against bypassing its chosen path.
Traffic had recovered to around 40 transits a day by June 30. That is still well below pre-war levels. US and Iranian envoys were holding indirect talks in Doha on July 1 to work through the details of the ceasefire deal.
Container ship runs aground in Hormuz on Iran’s unapproved route
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