31-year-old Yaseen Shah is a seafarer from Bhatkal working on a cargo ship in Iran. However, for the last 19 months, he has been stranded at the docking area of Iran port in Chabahar. The pandemic and the dispute among the ship owners have forced Yaseen to face this plight.
The seafarer reached Iran in January 2020 and started work as a seafarer on board a cargo ship. The ship was anchored in Iran port. Even though the pandemic improved and other ships resumed movement, Yaseen’s ship never left...