Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi announced the opening of the Strait of Hormuz. This decision is valid for the remaining period of the ceasefire in Lebanon, writes Medusa.
“Passage for all commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open,” the diplomat said in a statement published on the social network.
He clarified that passage is allowed only along a pre-agreed route.
The national Organization of Ports and Maritime Transport previously sent a corresponding notification.
The measure is temporary and tied to the current truce. Further steps will depend on the development of the situation in the region and the maintenance of the agreements reached.
Recall that US President Donald Trump previously announced that Lebanon and Israel had agreed on a 10-day truce. It came into force on the night of April 17.
Negotiations between the parties are ongoing.
By early April, the Strait of Hormuz found itself at the epicenter of a large-scale international crisis caused by the military confrontation between the United States, Israel and Iran, which began on February 28.
Following the failure of the Islamabad talks, the US announced a naval blockade of Iranian ports, intercepting ships traveling to the Iranian coast, which was immediately condemned by Russia as an illegal violation of the UN Charter.
Iran, in turn, effectively closed the strait, allowing only tankers agreed upon to pass through the only safe route between the islands of Qeshm and Larak, and threatened to sink all American ships within the range of its missiles, as well as to block shipping in the Gulf of Oman and the Red Sea if the blockade continues.
