As Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in China and agreed the Strait of Hormuz must stay open, Iran, one of Beijing’s closest allies, is causing fresh chaos in the vital passageway.
A commercial ship passing through the Strait of Hormuz off the United Arab Emirates was hijacked on Thursday and is now being steered toward Iranian waters, a British maritime agency says.
The vessel was boarded by ‘unauthorized personnel’ while anchored 38 nautical miles northeast of the UAE, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre said.
The ship and its captors have not been identified.
The Iranian regime, meanwhile, has bragged that they allowed over 30 vessels to safely pass through Hormuz with ‘approval from Tehran’, according to state media.
This is a developing story…
