TEHRAN — Iran will announce a restricted zone outside the Strait of Hormuz in the coming days, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, has said.
Rezaei said any vessel attempting to pass through the zone without prior coordination with Tehran would be placed on Iran’s sanctions list.
Speaking in an interview with state-run IRIB TV, he said the zone would stretch from “the line where the U.S. naval blockade begins to the Strait of Hormuz region and inside the Persian Gulf on the other side (of the strait).”
He said vessels entering the zone without prior coordination with Iran would face sanctions affecting their insurance coverage and future passage through the waterway.
According to Rezaei, the measure was part of a broader strategic shift in Iran’s approach to war and diplomacy aimed at increasing pressure on the United States.
