On the Strait of Hormuz, BBC finds seized ships and shark fishermen as uneasy calm returns
The BBC travels to the city of Bandar Abbas - the first international journalists to visit the Iranian side of the strait.
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"Iran 'won't have a country' if it did not reopen the strait."
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The BBC travels to the city of Bandar Abbas - the first international journalists to visit the Iranian side of the strait.
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