“Non-hostile” ships can pass through the Strait of Hormuz in coordination with Tehran. They wrote that Iranian authorities sent this letter to the UN Security Council and the International Maritime Organization Financial Times and Reuters March 24.
She added: “Non-hostile ships, including ships owned by or associated with other countries, may enjoy the right of safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz in coordination with the Iranian authorities, provided that they do not participate in or support aggressive actions against Iran and adhere to safety and security rules.”
March 25: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi He explainedThis permission to pass through the Strait of Hormuz was obtained, in particular, by China, Russia, India, Iraq and Pakistan.
“We have allowed some countries that we consider friendly to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. We have allowed passage to China, Russia, India, Iraq and Pakistan. There is no reason to allow our enemy to pass through the Strait,” Iran’s Tasnim news agency quoted Araqchi as saying.
As the Financial Times wrote, citing ship monitoring data, Iran has in recent days allowed a small number of tankers to pass through the route in its territorial waters, and will likely inspect them before opening passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, Iran had allowed individual tankers, mostly Chinese, to pass through the strait in previous weeks.
The Strait of Hormuz connects the Persian Gulf to the open ocean. This is the most important route for the supply of raw materials from the Middle East: approximately 35% of the world’s crude oil and approximately 20% of liquefied natural gas are transported through it.
After the United States and Israel went to war with Iran on February 28, Tehran closed the Strait of Hormuz and began attacking ships passing through it. At least 22 ships have been attacked since the conflict began. There are about 3,200 ships stuck in the Arabian Gulf, unable to cross the Strait of Hormuz.
On March 22, US President Donald Trump demanded that Iran fully open the Strait within two days, threatening to bomb Iranian power plants if this did not happen. However, this plan was later postponed in favor of negotiations with Iran.