News Desk
TEHRAN: Iran says it has developed a new mechanism to regulate maritime activity in the Strait of Hormuz, a move it says is designed to organize traffic and introduce a formal system for vessels passing through one of the world’s most sensitive shipping routes.
Abraham Azizi, head of the Iranian parliament’s national security commission, said a professional traffic-control framework had been prepared for ships moving along routes designated by Tehran. He said the system would be announced shortly and would operate under Iranian-defined guidelines for navigation in the strait.
According to him, commercial vessels cooperating with Iran would benefit from the arrangement, while fees would be charged for “special services” under the proposed structure. He added that vessels linked to what he described as “Freedom Project” operators would be excluded from the system.
Separately, Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeed Iravani, told a special session that responsibility for tensions in the Strait and their wider economic consequences lay with those he accused of initiating aggression against Iran. He said Tehran had faced two “illegal acts of aggression” in less than a year, which he argued violated the UN Charter and international law, warning that the effects would continue even after military activity had subsided.
The announcement underscores Iran’s efforts to assert greater control over one of the world’s key energy transit chokepoints, at a time of heightened regional and global concern over shipping security and freedom of navigation.
