Escalation around the Strait of Hormuz.. The United Nations rejects Iranian transit fees
These statements came after an Iranian official announced that the armed forces would assume responsibility for managing the strait. Under a draft law under study, it aims to regulate maritime traffic, including preventing the crossing of what was described as “enemy ships,” and imposing fees paid in the local currency (the Iranian riyal). In this context, the head of the National Security Committee of the Iranian Shura Council, Ibrahim Azizi, said that the draft gives the armed forces powers to fully supervise the strait to ensure control of navigation movement in it. Domínguez stressed that the International Maritime Organization continues to communicate with various countries in the region, including Iran, stressing However, any future arrangements to reopen the Strait must not include imposing transit fees, as they are a violation of international laws regulating navigation. He also pointed out that implementing the organization’s plan to evacuate about 20,000 sailors stranded on board approximately 1,600 ships in the Gulf region, requires fully securing the shipping lane, stressing that imposing fees may hinder these humanitarian efforts. These developments come in light of tensions. It continues in the region, as Iran has controlled shipping traffic in the Strait since the outbreak of confrontations in late February, while the United States imposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports. With the entry into force of the truce between Washington and Tehran in early April, international focus returned to the future of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, which is a vital artery through which about a fifth of global crude oil supplies and large quantities of liquefied natural gas pass.
Renew, Arsenio Dominguez, confirmed that there is no legal basis for , following the Imposing fees on transit through the Strait of Hormuz Continuing Tensions
