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The evacuation of more than 11,000 mariners stranded in the Strait of Hormuz due to the recent war has begun, according to the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The operation involves multiple nations, but disagreements between Iran and the US over nuclear inspections and control of the strait persist.
The IMO announced a plan to evacuate over 11,000 mariners, coordinated with Iran, Oman, other regional states, the US, and the maritime sector Source: Diario Libre. The operation follows a memorandum of understanding signed last week between Tehran and Washington to end the war, with negotiations starting in Switzerland mediated by Pakistan and Qatar Source: Milenio.
Iran confirmed that technical talks have concluded and four working groups were created, but denied US Vice President JD Vance's claim that Iran agreed to allow IAEA inspectors to visit bombed nuclear sites. Foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baqai stated: "We have not had any meeting with the IAEA director general and do not foresee the Agency inspecting damaged facilities" Source: Excelsior. President Donald Trump insisted Iran accepted "fully and completely" such inspections Source: Diario Libre.
Iran's chief negotiator Mohamad Baqer Qalibaf said navigation through the strait "will never be what it was before the war," with Iran and Oman planning joint maritime services and studying costs Source: Excelsior. President Masud Pezeshkian declared Iran's missile program non-negotiable, saying without it Iran would have been "like Gaza" Source: Milenio. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, visiting the UAE, warned that "no country is allowed to charge tolls or fees on an international waterway" .
“La Organización Marítima Internacional (OMI), una agencia especializada dependiente de la ONU, anunció un plan de evacuación "para los más de 11,000 marinos que siguen varados en la región" del estrecho de Ormuz.”
“No hemos tenido ninguna reunión con el director general del Organismo Internacional de la Energía Atómica y tampoco prevemos que el Organismo inspeccione las instalaciones nucleares iraníes dañadas por la agresión militar estadounidense y sionista.”
“El presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, insistió en que Irán aceptó "plena y completamente" permitir inspecciones nucleares "al más alto nivel".”
“La administración del estrecho de Ormuz nunca volverá a ser lo que era antes de la guerra.”
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