Tehran, June 20 (IANS) Iran on Saturday announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz once again, citing alleged violations of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by the US and Israel, local media reported.Just days after announcing an agreement lifting naval blockades, Iran’s top joint military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said the closure comes in response to the “explicit breach” of the first clause of the post-war MoU by the US and Israel and “ongoing violations”…
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New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Iran on Friday introduced new regulations for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, requiring ships to register in advance and obtain permits and insurance before entering one of the world’s most critical energy shipping routes, despite the recent reopening of the waterway under a US-Iran agreement.The new requirements were announced by Iran’s newly established Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA), which was created as part of the framework agreed between Washington …
Tehran, June 19 (IANS) Iran’s top security body announced that it has issued the order for the swift handling of requests by vessels for passage through the Strait of Hormuz in line with meeting the objectives of a newly-signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Tehran and Washington.Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) made the announcement in a statement carried by Iranian media hours after Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and his US counterpart Donald Trump signed the MoU…
New York, May 29 (IANS) An oil tanker carrying sorely needed petroleum for India has cleared the Strait of Hormuz, according to several sites that track maritime traffic.The Nissos Keros is on its way to Vishakapatnam and is expected to reach its destination on June 3, according to multiple sites.The ship, flying under the Marshall Islands flag, left Shajrah on May 21 and was reported at 6 am Indian Standard Time on Friday in the Northern Arabian Sea off the west coast of India.Iran’s news age…
Washington, May 28 (IANS) The Persian Gulf Strait Authority, an Iranian authority overseeing shipping control in the Strait of Hormuz, has been added to the Specially Designated Nationals List in a fresh sanction move under the US Economic Fury campaign, the US Treasury Department said.In a press release posted on its website on Wednesday (local time), the department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control claimed the Strait Authority sought to impose illegitimate tolls on commercial traffic and forc…
New York, May 6 (IANS) The Strait of Hormuz appeared on Wednesday to be set for opening following announcements by the US and Iran that the blockades on the waterway crucial to the global economy was being lifted.After US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday evening he was pausing the blockade to see if an agreement with Iran can be reached, Iran’s military, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said on Wednesday that it would allow ships to pass the Strait of Hormuz.It claimed that …