DUBAI, 26 June. - (ANA) - The UN shipping agency on Thursday paused efforts to get hundreds of stranded ships ‌and thousands of seafarers out through the Strait of Hormuz, after a vessel was attacked in the Gulf of Oman.

 

The ship was reportedly sailing on a route that had not been designated by the International Maritime Organisation or Iran.

 

"I have been informed of an attack today ⁠in the Gulf of Oman on a vessel which passed through the Strait of Hormuz. This vessel did not transit under IMO’s evacuation framework," IMO Secretary General Arsenio Dominguez said in a statement.

 

On Thursday, Iran seemed to confirm the attack, which took place a day after Oman announced a temporary shipping corridor for the evacuations. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' navy called the route that the ship was sailing on “unacceptable and extremely dangerous”. 

 

“We warn all vessels to strictly refrain from any movement outside the designated routes,” it said. The IRGC will take action against vessels that do not follow its instructions, the group added.   - (ANA) -

 

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