Countries must reject Iran efforts to control Hormuz, UN agency document says

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The UN shipping agency's governing council has agreed that countries should reject Iran's attempts to impose sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz and its unilateral creation of a body to control traffic through this critical waterway. The move is seen as undermining international maritime governance.

LONDON, July 10 - Countries should reject efforts by Iran to impose sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran's \"unilateral decision\" to create a body to control traffic through the waterway, the U.N. shipping agency's governing council agreed on Friday.