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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Stefanie Glinski ; photographs by Mohammad Mohsenifar in Bandar Abbas/on Hormuz Island

Troubled waters: life during wartime for Iranians on the strait of Hormuz

One of the ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz.
One of the ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz. Photograph: Mohammad Mohsenifar

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 half capacity with roughly 100 passengers, turns and heads into the darkness of the strait of Hormuz.

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