The war’s forgotten captives

An aerial view of ships near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from a plane near the United Arab Emirates. — Tomas Munita/The New York Times

TRAPPED on a commercial ship anchored 6.5km 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.