The Strait of Hormuz remains one of the world’s most strategic oil transit routes, with a significant portion of global crude exports passing through the narrow corridor linking the Persian Gulf to international markets.
Iran is preparing to introduce a new mechanism that would require ships to pay fees before passing through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, amid growing regional tensions involving the United States, Israel and Tehran’s nuclear programme.
According to Al Jazeera, senior Iranian politician Ebrahim Azizi, who heads Iran’s parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy, disclosed that Tehran had already concluded plans for a regulated maritime passage system through the critical waterway.
Azizi said only commercial vessels and countries considered cooperative with Iran would be permitted to benefit from the arrangement.
He added that Iran would collect fees for what he described as “specialised services” provided under the proposed mechanism.
