ANKARA: A Turkish-owned ship was able to cross the Strait of Hormuz with Iran&#39;s permission, Turkey&#39;s transport minister said Friday.&nbsp;The Strait of Hormuz is a critical shipping route that Iran has closed since Israel and the United States attacked it on February 28.&nbsp;&quot;We have 15 Turkish-owned ships in the Strait of Hormuz and were able to get one of them through after obtaining permission from the Iranian authorities,&quot; Abdulkadir Uraloglu told journalists late Thursday, in comments only published on Friday.&nbsp;Uraloglu did not say when the ship crossed the Strait, a crucial sea route for the global fuel trade, which has been virtually blocked by Iran in order to inflict pain on the global economy.&nbsp;&quot;We are trying to stay in contact with the Iranian side,&quot; he said.&nbsp;&quot;Fourteen of our ships are waiting, they currently have no problems,&quot; he added, noting that there were &quot;no Turkish-flagged ships&quot; in the region.

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Turkey’s transport minister said one Turkish-owned ship crossed the Strait of Hormuz with Iranian permission, while 14 others wait. Iran has closed the route since February 28, a crucial sea route for the global fuel trade.

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Iran let Turkish-owned ship cross Hormuz strait: Minister

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