The crew of the container ship MSC LAURA, which includes seven Montenegrin sailors, rescued 27 migrants from Algeria near Mallorca on July 18. The migrants were found in a small boat approximately 50 nautical miles off the coast.

Associated Press transmitted footage from the Iranian state agency Fars, which shows the ship Francesca carrying four Montenegrin sailors.

Five Montenegrin sailors, among 44 in the Middle East war zone, have requested evacuation assistance from the government in Podgorica.

Montenegrin sailors aboard the MSC Francesca, which was seized by Iranian forces in the Hormuz Strait, are reported to be well, maintaining contact with their families, and provided with basic conditions for their stay.

Montenegrin Ministry of Maritime Affairs is in contact with MSC regarding its ship Francesca, which was seized by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Montenegrin sailors held on a ship by Iranian forces are reportedly in good physical and psychological condition, with no immediate security threats, according to Goran Idrizović from the Ministry of Maritime Affairs.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard has seized two container ships in the Strait of Hormuz, reportedly in retaliation for a US seizure, with crews including Croatian and Montenegrin sailors reported safe.