The company which operates a cargo ship seized by Iranian forces says the vessel was in international waters when it was stopped.
The MV Maersk Tigris - a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship with 24 crew on board - was on a routine voyage in the Strait of Hormuz.
Cor Radings (pron: COR RAH-dings), a spokesman for the Singapore-based company which operates the ship, says the vessel was forced to a halt.
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ALT/ADD: Correspondent Malcolm Brown asked Cor Radings about the last contact they had received from the ship.
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OUT: …Iranian waters"
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