I’m surprised that the Saudi’s haven’t put up a substantial bounty for:
1. The ship.
2. The crew.
3. The heads (or other component parts) of the pirates.
With their money, they could probably get the pirates to turn on each other.
As far as the Iranian ship goes, it might be a very inexpensive “hearts and minds” thing to get their ship back for them. Much like our own situation, not all Iranians are represented by their leaders.
I’m also surprised that the Russians haven’t helped out the Ukrainians, for the same, albeit in their case nefarious, reasons.
Who would believe that this is suddenly a problem in the 21st century?
Crazy, isn’t it? But, then again, a lot of crazy things have happened lately. We live in strange times.