IMO: Some 1,500 ships trapped in Gulf due to Iran conflict

Around 1,500 ships and their crews are trapped in the Gulf due to the Iranian blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, the UN's International Maritime Organization (IMO) chief said in Panama on Thursday. The war in the Middle East, unleashed on February 28 by Israel and the United States against Iran, provoked reprisals from Tehran across the region and a shipping blockade in Hormuz, a crucial global... Details

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