{"id":1343,"date":"2026-07-01T09:09:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2026-07-01T09:09:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:09:34","slug":"ship-runs-aground-in-strait-of-hormuz-iranian-state-tv-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=1343","title":{"rendered":"Ship runs aground in Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state TV reports"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 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.<\/p>\n

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The Iranian state TV report appeared aimed at underlining the claims Tehran has made since the U.S.-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. <\/p>\n

It also came as U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s son-in-law, were in Doha, Qatar, for talks with mediators as Iranian negotiators were also to be there. <\/p>\n

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The Strait of Hormuz is a key sticking point in talks<\/h2>\n

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. The U.S. and many Gulf Arab states say they won\u2019t agree to the charges. An effort by Oman and a U.N. 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. <\/p>\n

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 It said shippers needed to follow the instructions of Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard in the strait.<\/p>\n

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 \u2018Route of Authority\u2019 in the Persian 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

US negotiators are in Qatar and Iranians are expected<\/h2>\n

Witkoff and Kushner arrived in Qatar on Tuesday ahead of talks with Qatari mediators. While Iran has insisted it planned no meetings with the Americans, their comments left open the possibility of so-called \u201cindirect negotiations,\u201d in which the two nations pass messages through Qatari officials. That has happened multiple times during negotiations in the second Trump administration. <\/p>\n

Qatar early Wednesday morning acknowledged a meeting between the Americans and its foreign minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. A readout from Qatar\u2019s Foreign Ministry said the men talked about the interim deal \u201calong with the efforts aimed at promoting security and stability in the region through dialogue and diplomacy.\u201d Lebanon also was discussed, another key point in a final deal as Iran has been insisted that all fighting between the Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah and Israeli military forces end. <\/p>\n

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Iran also has called for Israel to give up the land it occupies in southern Lebanon now. Israel insists it must hold the territory and have a free hand to attack Hezbollah, which has been launching attacks into northern Israel. <\/p>\n

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Iran did not immediately acknowledge any talks on Wednesday. However, Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, a key negotiator, told Iranian state television overnight that work continues to try to reach a permanent end to the war. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are engaged in dialogue, but if they refuse to implement what has been agreed through dialogue, we are prepared for war,\u201d Qalibaf said. <\/p>\n

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