A ship ran aground in the Strait of Hormuz after it did not follow the transit route designated by Iran, Iranian state television reported on Wednesday.

The report said the vessel was a foreign container ship and that it encountered shallow waters along the route it chose, preventing it from continuing. Iran’s state media framed the incident as evidence supporting Tehran’s claims that vessels should transit only through a corridor Iran designates for passage, tied to warnings from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

The grounding came as the United States and Iran moved toward indirect diplomacy in Doha. U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, a senior U.S. figure close to President Donald Trump, were in Qatar for talks with Qatari mediators, with Iranian negotiators expected to join discussions as well.

The Strait of Hormuz remains a major sticking point in negotiations between Washington and Tehran. Under an interim arrangement, Iran and the U.S. agreed to allow ships to pass through the strait without charge for 60 days, but Iran has insisted that it must control routing and later impose passage fees. The U.S. and many Gulf Arab states have said they will not accept those charges.

Separately, regional tensions have continued alongside the diplomacy, including attacks in the broader Middle East over the past weekend that affected shipping traffic. Iranian state television did not acknowledge any direct U.S.-Iran meetings, and Iran had not publicly confirmed negotiations had begun, though Qatari officials and the U.S. side indicated dialogue was underway through mediation.