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Iran Says to Maintain Control Over Hormuz Navigation
(MENAFN) Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) declared Saturday that Tehran will maintain firm control over Strait of Hormuz navigation until hostilities cease entirely and durable peace is established across the region.
The SNSC's announcement followed a separate declaration hours earlier by Iran's primary military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, confirming the reimposition of strict maritime controls over the critical waterway — a move directly attributed to the ongoing U.S. naval blockade against Iran.
Under the measures outlined, Tehran will enforce its authority by requiring vessels to submit navigation data, obtain transit permits, pay security and environmental service fees, and comply with Iranian wartime traffic directives.
"By the time the enemy seeks to cause disruption to the vessels' transit through the strait and resort to methods such as imposing a naval blockade, which will be considered as violations of the (current two-week) ceasefire, the country will prevent the conditional and restricted reopening of the Strait of Hormuz," the SNSC said.
The council further warned that a significant portion of supplies destined for U.S. military installations across West Asia flows through the strait — a reality Tehran characterized as a direct threat to its national and regional security.
The SNSC also confirmed that Iran has received fresh diplomatic overtures from Washington, conveyed through Pakistan during a recent visit by Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir, and that those proposals are currently under review. Iran's negotiating team, it stressed, would yield no ground and would defend national interests without compromise.
Tehran first tightened its hold over the strait on Feb. 28, coinciding with the launch of joint Israeli-American strikes on Iranian soil. The U.S. subsequently imposed its naval blockade following the collapse of peace talks in Islamabad.
The escalation came just one day after Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi assured that the strait would remain "completely open" to commercial vessels throughout the two-week ceasefire — which took effect April 8 in tandem with the truce announced over Lebanon — a pledge that Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters effectively reversed within 24 hours by reinstating full maritime controls.
The SNSC's announcement followed a separate declaration hours earlier by Iran's primary military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, confirming the reimposition of strict maritime controls over the critical waterway — a move directly attributed to the ongoing U.S. naval blockade against Iran.
Under the measures outlined, Tehran will enforce its authority by requiring vessels to submit navigation data, obtain transit permits, pay security and environmental service fees, and comply with Iranian wartime traffic directives.
"By the time the enemy seeks to cause disruption to the vessels' transit through the strait and resort to methods such as imposing a naval blockade, which will be considered as violations of the (current two-week) ceasefire, the country will prevent the conditional and restricted reopening of the Strait of Hormuz," the SNSC said.
The council further warned that a significant portion of supplies destined for U.S. military installations across West Asia flows through the strait — a reality Tehran characterized as a direct threat to its national and regional security.
The SNSC also confirmed that Iran has received fresh diplomatic overtures from Washington, conveyed through Pakistan during a recent visit by Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir, and that those proposals are currently under review. Iran's negotiating team, it stressed, would yield no ground and would defend national interests without compromise.
Tehran first tightened its hold over the strait on Feb. 28, coinciding with the launch of joint Israeli-American strikes on Iranian soil. The U.S. subsequently imposed its naval blockade following the collapse of peace talks in Islamabad.
The escalation came just one day after Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi assured that the strait would remain "completely open" to commercial vessels throughout the two-week ceasefire — which took effect April 8 in tandem with the truce announced over Lebanon — a pledge that Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters effectively reversed within 24 hours by reinstating full maritime controls.
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