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Iran warned ships near the Strait of Hormuz on April 8 that they must ...
16 hours ago ... Iran warned ships near the Strait of Hormuz on April 8 that they must obtain permission from its naval forces before crossing, according to reports. The...
Tankers urged not to pay fee to Iran to use Strait of Hormuz - BBC
19 hours agoOliver Smith,Business producerandLucy Hooker,Business reporterIan Forsyth/Getty ImagesTankers that want to pass through the Strait of Hormuz are being advised not to pay money to Iran to allow them through, after a ceasefire agreed on Tuesday failed to get traffic moving through the waterway again.The agreement was supposed to include reopening the strait but Iran has suggested that ships must seek its permission or they may still be "targeted and destroyed" and has said it could levy a fee in return for safe passage."We do not believe the payment of tolls is the right way to go about this," said Phillip Belcher, from Intertanko, a group representing tanker firms."We are amazed that this appears to be one of the starting points of negotiations," he told the BBC.US vice president JD Vance is meeting representatives of the Iranian government in Islamabad in Pakistan on Saturday to try to nail down details of a ceasefire deal that already appears to be in jeopardy after continued air strikes in Israel and Lebanon and a stalemate over the vital shipping lane.Belcher said Intertanko, which represents 190 independent tanker operators and more than half of the world's oil tanker fleet, was still advising members not to use the strait as "an attack could take place at any time"."We do not believe the Strait is safe until there is a lasting cessation of conflict, where all attacks against ships have halted and where there is some sort of coalition-of-the-willing oversight for ships to go through, where Iran does not have sovereignty of the strait," he said.Charging a toll was "against the whole idea of international laws and free passage through international waterways", he said."At the moment the Strait of Hormuz is under the de facto rule of the Iranian military," Belcher said.The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a branch of the Iranian military oversees much of Iran's economic activity, but has been listed as a terrorist organisation by the US and the EU."The IRGC is a designated terrorist organisation and so the payment of monies to a terrorist organisation should be avoided," said Belcher.Since the current war started, Iran has indicated it wants to impose new rules for traffic moving through the pivotal waterway.Some media reports have suggested that Tehran's plan includes the right to demand transit fees to the tune of $2m (£1.5m) per ship, with the proceeds shared between Iran and Oman - the two countries which border the strait.Earlier ...
Iran's Chokehold on Hormuz Strait Has White House on Defensive
23 hours ago ... President Donald Trump has warned Iran to stop charging fees on ships transiting the Strait ... The US destroyed more than 150 Iranian naval vessels including 16 ...
Continuing Crisis in Strait of Hormuz: Why Iran's Hold is Illegal and ...
Under a blue and hazy gray sky, a large oil tanker ship emits smoke while. Continuing Crisis in Strait of Hormuz: Why Iran's Hold is Illegal and U.S. Military ...
