Arthur Greene
I-Kharg, umkhumbi omkhulu kunayo yonke embuthweni wamasosha asolwandle e-Iran, ucwile ngoLwesithathu ngemuva kokusha ezimweni ezingaqondakali.
Lo mlilo uqale ngabo-2: 25 ekuseni kanti abezicishamlilo bazame ukuwulawula, kubika abezindaba abakwa-Fars.
Kodwa imizamo yabo yokonga umkhumbi wamamitha angama-207 yehlulekile.
Umkhumbi wempi, owawuse-Gulf of Oman, wacwila ogwini lase-Iranian i-Jasknear.
Abezindaba zoMbuso babike ukuthi abasebenzi abangama-400 abebesemkhunjini bahlengiwe, kwathi abangama-33 balimala.
Akukho bantu abashonile noma abalahlekile abebesemkhunjini ababikiwe.
Izithombe zisabalale ku-inthanethi zikhombisa amalungu abasebenzi egqoke amajakhethi empilo futhi entanta emanzini ezungeze umkhumbi, njengoba intuthu inyuka ngaphezu kwabo.
Lo mlilo uqinisekiswe yi-US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ama-satillite ayo akwazile ukulandelela imililo esemkhathini.
Izikhulu zase-Iran azikachazi ukuthi yini imbangela yomlilo, kepha zimemezele ukuthi uphenyo seluqalile.
Lesi sehlakalo siza ngemuva kokuqhuma okungaqondakali, okwaqala ngonyaka wezi-2019, okuqondiswe khona emikhunjini yezentengiselwano e-Gulf of Oman.
NgoMbasa umkhumbi wase-Iran owawubizwa ngokuthi yi-MV Saviz wahlaselwa okusolwa ukuthi kwenziwe yi-Israel.
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