IRAN'S Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday (June 25) that a new route for ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz is “unacceptable and entirely dangerous”, adding that vessels transit outside the designated routes would face the consequences.
Ships have begun sailing through the Strait of Hormuz under a new scheme by the U.N.'s shipping agency to evacuate vessels trapped there by the conflict, a spokesperson said on Wednesday (June 24).
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The initiative, which has taken months to conclude, will enable hundreds of ships with some 11,000 seafarers stranded in the Gulf to sail through Hormuz, the International Maritime Organization said on Tuesday (June 23).
