Ship runs aground in Strait of Hormuz, Iran state TV reports

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A ship ran aground in the Strait of Hormuz while using a route not approved by Iran, state television in Tehran reported on Wednesday. The vessel was identified as a foreign container ship, with no other details.The report appeared aimed at underlining Tehran’s claims to control the strait, which the world has long considered an international waterway. A fifth of all oil and natural gas passed through it in peacetime.Since the US and Israel launched the war against Iran on February 28, Iran...