Eleanor Beardsley
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The current two week ceasefire between the US and Israel and Iran is set to expire in six days.
So with this temporary ceasefire in place, that potentially helps keep talks between the US and Iran moving.
But both these ceasefires, like so many ceasefires, are shaky.
So it's a bit of a house of cards.
The Iranian government has said no ships linked to Israel or the U.S.
The ship had remained idle in the Gulf since early March, like many other non-Iranian vessels, after the war stopped nearly all commercial traffic.
The Maltese-flagged vessel belongs to shipping and logistics giant CMA-CGM, the world's third largest container shipping conglomerate.
Ship tracking data showed the vessel navigated the approved corridor along the Omani coast.
CMA-CGM, which is majority owned by a Franco-Lebanese billionaire family, is understood to have coordinated the transit with Iranian maritime authorities.
Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
The Iranian government has said no ships linked to Israel or the U.S.
The ship had remained idle in the Gulf since early March, like many other non-Iranian vessels, after the war stopped nearly all commercial traffic.
The Maltese-flagged vessel belongs to shipping and logistics giant CMA-CGM, the world's third largest container shipping conglomerate.
Ship tracking data showed the vessel navigated the approved corridor along the Omani coast.
CMA-CGM, which is majority owned by a Franco-Lebanese billionaire family, is understood to have coordinated the transit with Iranian maritime authorities.
Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
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