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Iran Seizes Transit Control Over Strait of Hormuz
(MENAFN) Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority moved Wednesday to assert direct control over one of the world's most critical shipping corridors, announcing the creation of a regulated maritime zone in the Strait of Hormuz that compels all vessels to seek the authority's clearance before passing through the waterway.
The authority outlined the zone's operational and surveillance boundaries in a statement posted to the X social media platform, alongside a map formally demarcating the newly designated area.
Geographically, the zone spans from Kuh-e Mubarak on the Iranian coastline to south of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates at the strait's eastern mouth, and from the tip of Iran's Qeshm Island westward to Umm al-Quwain in the UAE at its western entrance.
The announcement deepens an already volatile regional crisis. Hostilities erupted in February when the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, prompting Tehran to retaliate with attacks on Israeli territory and US-allied Gulf states, followed by the closure of the strait. A ceasefire brokered through Pakistani mediation took effect on April 8, though subsequent talks in Islamabad collapsed without producing a durable accord.
US President Donald Trump subsequently extended the truce indefinitely, while preserving a blockade barring vessels bound to or departing from Iranian ports through the strategic chokepoint — through which roughly a fifth of global oil supplies flow daily.
The authority outlined the zone's operational and surveillance boundaries in a statement posted to the X social media platform, alongside a map formally demarcating the newly designated area.
Geographically, the zone spans from Kuh-e Mubarak on the Iranian coastline to south of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates at the strait's eastern mouth, and from the tip of Iran's Qeshm Island westward to Umm al-Quwain in the UAE at its western entrance.
The announcement deepens an already volatile regional crisis. Hostilities erupted in February when the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, prompting Tehran to retaliate with attacks on Israeli territory and US-allied Gulf states, followed by the closure of the strait. A ceasefire brokered through Pakistani mediation took effect on April 8, though subsequent talks in Islamabad collapsed without producing a durable accord.
US President Donald Trump subsequently extended the truce indefinitely, while preserving a blockade barring vessels bound to or departing from Iranian ports through the strategic chokepoint — through which roughly a fifth of global oil supplies flow daily.
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