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The pause follows a container ship being struck near the coast of Oman on Thursday, with a U.S. official saying that Iran was responsible for the attack.
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;Resize=(620)) The UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) paused its program to shepherd ships and seafarers through the Strait of ?Hormuz on Thursday after a cargo ship reported a suspected attack, reigniting fears over a preliminary deal to end the Iran war.
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The United Nations' shipping agency on Thursday said it would pause an evacuation effort ?to get hundreds of stranded ships out through the Strait of Hormuz after a vessel was attacked ?in the Gulf of Oman."I have ?been informed of an attack today ?in the Gulf of Oman on ?a vessel which passed through the Strait ?of Hormuz," Arsenio Dominguez, Secretary-General of the ?U
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The ship was reportedly struck by an "unknown projectile" near Oman but no casualties were reported.
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