Iran moves to lock in new rules for the Strait of Hormuz

Iran moves to lock in new rules for the Strait of Hormuz

Iran’s parliament has unanimously approved the general framework of a strategic plan to formalize Tehran’s security and navigation regime in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf, Press TV reports.

🟠 The move comes as Iran works with Oman on a new legal framework for shipping through the strait, including a temporary navigation route that could later become permanent.

🟠 But Tehran is making clear this is not a return to the old status quo.

🟠 Expediency Council chairman Sadeq Amoli Larijani said Iran “will not retreat” from Hormuz and that the strait “will not return to its previous conditions.” Free passage, he said, depends on compliance with the June memorandum, while sovereignty over the waterway remains with Iran.

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