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Troubled waters: life during wartime for Iranians on the strait of Hormuz
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PUBLISHEDOct 21, 2026, 5:00 AM
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Despite US-Israeli airstrikes and Tehran’s attacks on shipping, the waterway still has to provide a lifeline for those that live and work there Capt Farouq turns the wheel as he watches the ferry terminal of Bandar Abbas grow smaller, its bright lights flickering in the distance.
In front of him, the navigation radar beeps periodically, its green and pink lights glowing in the darkness. The ferry, today at about…
Main source: The Guardian World
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