UN to evacuate 11,000 stranded sailors from Strait of Hormuz

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Strait Reopens and Iranian Oil Flows, But the Path Through Is Complicated More than 11,000 seafarers stuck in the Persian Gulf will begin to exit through the Strait of Hormuz under a large-scale evacuation plan backed by Iran and the United States, the International Maritime Organization said Tuesday. "We have secured the necessary safety guarantees and have thoroughly verified the conditions for safe navigation to support these operations," IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez said in a statement. The operation will be carried out "in close cooperation with Iran, Oman, all other coastal States in the region, the United States and the maritime industry," Dominguez said.