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Members of the UN Security Council meet at the organisation's headquarters in New York in September 2016.

Strait of Hormuz

UN puts the Hormuz death toll at 25 seafarers as Gulf states demand compensation from Iran at the Security Council

US service members order the occupants of a skiff carrying suspected pirates to raise their hands before boarding, in the Gulf of Aden, in February 2010.

Somali pirates seize Iranian fishing vessel with 23 people aboard, and maritime security centre warns of a "floating base"

The Strait of Hormuz seen by NASA's Terra satellite in December 2020: Iran to the north, the Musandam Peninsula to the south, and a 34-km channel at its narrowest point.

Strait of Hormuz

Iran says a tanker carrying 2 million barrels caught fire after striking a mine in Hormuz, and declares the strait closed