Lyse Doucet

And the nearby country of the United Arab Emirates says it came under drone and ballistic missile fire from Iran.

So will this just be confined to that strategic waterway?

We will see, I am sure, in the hours and the days to come, efforts by both sides to assert control, even if neither side wants to completely break the April contract.

a ceasefire, there is always the very great risk of miscalculation and an accidental tumbling back into that war.

All of the responses from organizations representing the tankers have said that this is not good enough, that the details of what the United States will do, how they will escort vessels, isn't clear.

It's not legally clear for the insurers.

And they all say that there has to be an arrangement which is negotiated with Iran before they feel

it is safe enough for them to try to make their way out of that strait and back home.

During the weeks where there was a shooting war, the United Arab Emirates came under the greatest fire, the greatest percentage of attacks launched from Iran did go against the United Arab Emirates.

Iran considers the UAE to be much closer to Israel, much closer to the United States.

And so yet again, it seems to be a target.

Now, Iran has not confirmed that it did hit the port of Fujairah and also a UAE-flagged

A military commander has said that it doesn't regard the UAE as a target, but certainly there was an attack, there were some casualties, and so therefore that adds yet another flashpoint in this really unpredictable but volatile situation.

Well,

Another development which has gotten less attention, which is on the other side of this ledger, is that Pakistan

has been able to secure the release of 22 crew members, which were on the Batuska vessel, which was seized a few weeks ago by the U.S.

Navy.

Iran condemned it as an act of piracy, a violation of the ceasefire.

Pakistan said it was a confidence-building measure.

Your listeners may remember that it was Pakistan which was able to