The Iran War’s Forgotten Captives: Sailors Trapped in the Arabian Gulf

Washington: Peter Eavis and Jenny Gross Trapped on a commercial ship anchored four miles off Iran’s coast, about two dozen merchant seamen are entering their fourth month of living under the watch of Iranian guards. Iran seized the vessel, the MSC Francesca, as it tried to pass through the Strait of Hormuz on April 22. Its sailors are from Montenegro, Indonesia, the Philippines and other countries. All are far from home. They have no idea when they might be released and have had very little contact with the outside world.