Tehran has tightened control over the waterway as peace talks with the US have so far remained fruitless
RT has gained rare access to the Strait of Hormuz, where hundreds of vessels are backed up waiting to pass through one of the world’s most critical shipping chokepoints.
The waterway has remained largely shut since the US-Israeli attack on Iran in February and Tehran’s subsequent standoff with Washington.
Earlier this month, Iran announced the creation of the Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA), a new body tasked with overseeing transit through the strategic passage, which carries roughly a fifth of the world’s seaborne oil and LNG. Tehran said that vessels seeking passage would need PGSA permits and declared a sweeping zone of control stretching from its coastline toward waters near the UAE.
The zone of oversight claimed by the Iranian armed forces around the Strait of Hormuz.
According to RT correspondent Saman Kojouri, “the scale of the maritime congestion here is immediately visible” with hundreds of vessels in the area, many awaiting permission from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to pass.
While Iran insists that the Strait of Hormuz remains open to crucial energy shipments, it stresses that vessels need to coordinate their passage with the IRGC, and that “countries considered hostile toward Iran cannot freely operate inside and through the corridor,” Kojouri said.
Tehran has maintained that the measures are in place “to prevent further escalation” and preserve regional stability in the Middle East, he added.
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to resume strikes on Iran if the Islamic Republic did not give Washington “the right answers” in the peace negotiations.
Watch RT’s full report from the Strait of Hormuz below.
Basically uS President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to resume strikes on Iran if the Islamic Republic did not give Washington “the right answers” in the peace negotiations. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
What stands out is the waterway has remained largely shut since the US-Israeli attack on Iran in February and Tehran’s subsequent standoff with Washington. That is the part worth paying attention to.
So the bottom line is tehran has maintained that the measures are in place “to prevent further escalation” and preserve regional stability in the Middle East, he added. Wonder how this will land.
Considering tehran has tightened control over the waterway as peace talks with the US have so far remained, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
What stands out is rT has gained rare access to the Strait of Hormuz, where hundreds of vessels are backed up waiting to pass through one of the world’s most critical shipping chokepoints. That is the part worth paying attention to.
Considering the waterway has remained largely shut since the US-Israeli attack on Iran in February and Tehran’s subsequent standoff with Washington, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
Tehran has maintained that the measures are in place “to prevent further escalation” and preserve regional stability in the Middle East, he added. Meanwhile uS President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to resume strikes on Iran if the Islamic Republic did not give Washington “the right answers” in the peace negotiations.
Think about it: tehran has maintained that the measures are in place “to prevent further escalation” and preserve regional stability in the Middle East, he added. That speaks volumes.
The bigger issue here is rT has gained rare access to the Strait of Hormuz, where hundreds of vessels are backed up waiting to pass through one of the world’s most critical shipping chokepoints. That changes the calculation.
The fact that tehran has maintained that the measures are in place “to prevent further escalation” and preserve regional stability in the Middle East, he added really puts things into perspective.
The fact that uS President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to resume strikes on Iran if the Islamic Republic did not give Washington “the right answers” in the peace negotiations really puts things into perspective.
If the waterway has remained largely shut since the US-Israeli attack on Iran in February and Tehran’s subsequent standoff with Washington, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.
Still waiting to hear what Saman Kojouri actually plans to do about it.
Basically uS President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to resume strikes on Iran if the Islamic Republic did not give Washington “the right answers” in the peace negotiations. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
What stands out is the waterway has remained largely shut since the US-Israeli attack on Iran in February and Tehran’s subsequent standoff with Washington. That is the part worth paying attention to.
So the bottom line is tehran has maintained that the measures are in place “to prevent further escalation” and preserve regional stability in the Middle East, he added. Wonder how this will land.
Considering tehran has tightened control over the waterway as peace talks with the US have so far remained, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
What stands out is rT has gained rare access to the Strait of Hormuz, where hundreds of vessels are backed up waiting to pass through one of the world’s most critical shipping chokepoints. That is the part worth paying attention to.
Considering the waterway has remained largely shut since the US-Israeli attack on Iran in February and Tehran’s subsequent standoff with Washington, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
So the bottom line is tehran has tightened control over the waterway as peace talks with the US have so far remained. Wonder how this will land.
Think about it: tehran has tightened control over the waterway as peace talks with the US have so far remained. That speaks volumes.
Tehran has maintained that the measures are in place “to prevent further escalation” and preserve regional stability in the Middle East, he added. Meanwhile uS President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to resume strikes on Iran if the Islamic Republic did not give Washington “the right answers” in the peace negotiations.
Think about it: tehran has maintained that the measures are in place “to prevent further escalation” and preserve regional stability in the Middle East, he added. That speaks volumes.
The bigger issue here is rT has gained rare access to the Strait of Hormuz, where hundreds of vessels are backed up waiting to pass through one of the world’s most critical shipping chokepoints. That changes the calculation.
The fact that tehran has maintained that the measures are in place “to prevent further escalation” and preserve regional stability in the Middle East, he added really puts things into perspective.
The fact that uS President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to resume strikes on Iran if the Islamic Republic did not give Washington “the right answers” in the peace negotiations really puts things into perspective.
If the waterway has remained largely shut since the US-Israeli attack on Iran in February and Tehran’s subsequent standoff with Washington, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.