This frame grab from handout UGC video footage by seafarer Wang Shang taken on March 12, 2026 and released to AFPTV on March 13 shows smoke emerging from the Source Blessing cargo vessel, as filmed from the vessel Wang was onboard in the Gulf, north of Dubai. Wang Shang, a seafarer on an LPG vessel in the Gulf, just north of Dubai, talked to AFP on March 13 morning about his experience being stuck on a ship, unable to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by Handout / various sources / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /WANG SHANG/UGC via AFPTV/HANDOUT - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ATTENTION EDITORS: AFP IS COVERING THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST THROUGH ITS EXTENSIVE REGIONAL NETWORK, INCLUDING ITS BUREAUS IN TEHRAN, BEIRUT, JERUSALEM, THE GULF MONARCHIES, IRAQ, JORDAN, SYRIA AND EGYPT. HOWEVER, SINCE THE START OF THE WAR, THE AGENCY’S JOURNALISTS HAVE BEEN WORKING UNDER INCREASINGLY RESTRICTIVE CONDITIONS. GOVERNMENTS THROUGHOUT THE REGION HAVE IMPOSED LIMITS ON JOURNALISTS’ MOVEMENTS, INCLUDING THEIR ABILITY TO PROVIDE VIDEO LIVE STREAMS OF WHAT ARE REGARDED AS SENSITIVE LOCATIONS. SEVERAL GOVERNMENTS AND ARMED GROUPS HAVE BANNED PHOTO AND VIDEO COVERAGE OF MISSILE AND DRONE STRIKES ON WHAT ARE SEEN AS SECURITY-RELATED SITES, THE INTERCEPTION OF INCOMING MISSILES AND DRONES, AND THE REPORTING OF WHAT COULD BE CONSTRUED AS OPERATIONAL MILITARY DETAILS. /
Un buque portacontenedores fue obligado a retroceder por el Cuerpo de la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica, informó este martes Alireza Tangsiri, comandante de la Armada del CGRI.
El alto oficial precisó en X que la medida fue tomada por «el incumplimiento de los protocolos legales y la falta de autorización» para cruzar la vía marítima.
«El paso de cualquier embarcación por esta vía marítima requiere plena coordinación con la autoridad marítima de Irán, y esto no habría sido posible sin el respaldo del noble pueblo iraní», subrayó el comandante, que compartió un mapa que muestra la ubicación del buque, llamado Selen.
