UN evacuates 2,500 seafarers before Strait of Hormuz rescue operation is suspended

The United Nations' maritime agency said on Friday that it successfully evacuated about 2,500 stranded seafarers from the Persian Gulf before suspending the operation. The evacuations were completed after an attack on a commercial vessel heightened uncertainty over safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

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The agency said the attack exposed unresolved questions over who can guarantee security in the waterway. The operation was then frozen, leaving the maritime agency without an active rescue effort in the area.

The source does not identify the vessel, the attackers, or any further impact beyond the suspension of the operation and the concern over passage through the strait. The source frames the evacuation as a completed emergency response followed by a halt in operations.

No additional locations, casualties, or damage figures are provided beyond the estimate of about 2,500 seafarers evacuated.

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