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Container Ship Grounds in Strait After Defying Iran's Approved Route, Complicating Doha Talks

A foreign container ship runs aground in the Strait of Hormuz after failing to follow a route approved by Iran, Iranian state television reports.The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is enforcing Tehran's designated lanes and Iran is using the case to demand that vessels follow its directions and pay passage charges, a position the US and Gulf Arab states reject.The grounding complicates diplomacy in Doha, where US envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are meeting Iranian negotiators, and highlights risks to global oil and natural gas transit.
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