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UN working to rescue thousands of seafarers trapped in the Strait of Hormuz

NPR | By Diaa Hadid
Published April 2, 2026 at 5:45 AM CDT

Some 20,000 seafarers are trapped in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz; the UN says its trying to extricate them.

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Diaa Hadid
Diaa Hadid chiefly covers Pakistan and Afghanistan for NPR News. She is based in NPR's bureau in Islamabad. There, Hadid and her team were awarded a Murrow in 2019 for hard news for their story on why abortion rates in Pakistan are among the highest in the world.