The International Maritime Organization has paused its evacuation plan for ships stuck in the Strait of Hormuz after a vessel that passed through the vital waterway was attacked on Thursday.
The UN agency did not identify the ship or who attacked it, in what is the latest test of an interim deal between the US and Iran to reopen the strait and extend a ceasefire between the two sides by 60 days.
Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards had earlier on Thursday said that co-ordination with its naval force was “mandatory” for vessels transiting the strait and warned ships against using any unauthorised routes.“Certain authorities have announced a new route for ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz without informing or coordinating with the Islamic republic,” the force said in a statement, without identifying the authorities. “This route is unacceptable and completely dangerous.”