UN halts evacuation plan for trapped sailors after attack on ship in Hormuz
MANAMA, Bahrain
A general view on cargo ships stuck in the Strait of Hormuz, along the coast of Bandar Abbas, in southern Iran, 01 June 2026.(ISNA News Agency)
An attack on a ship on June 25 in the Strait of Hormuz led the U.N. to suspend efforts to evacuate trapped mariners as the United States warned against Iran charging fees for passage through the vital waterway.
The New York Times and other U.S. media reported that Iran struck a container ship in the strait, and the Iranian agency that claims to regulate traffic there issued a warning after the incident.
