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War with Iran strands about 20,000 seafarers in the Strait of Hormuz

NPR | By Michel Martin
Published March 18, 2026 at 3:50 AM CDT

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jacqueline Smith of the International Transport Workers' Federation about the roughly 20,000 seafarers stuck in the Strait of Hormuz in the midst of the Iran war.

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