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Declared 'controlled maritime zone' covering Strait of Hormuz on May 21; accepting transit permit applications at info@PGSA.ir; toll rates reported up to $2M per vessel payable in Chinese yuan; no international legal recognition
On July 7, the IRGC struck three commercial vessels within 24 hours: Qatari LNG tanker Al Rekayat (engine room fire), Saudi supertanker Wedyan, and a third ship. The attacks came after IRGC patrol boats blockaded the Oman-IMO corridor. The US struck 80-plus Iranian targets at Sirik, Bandar Abbas, and Qeshm Island, revoked Iran's oil sales license, and gave Tehran until July 17 to wind down transactions. Iran then fired at 85 US military installations in Bahrain and Kuwait, activating air defenses at both sites.
Updated Yesterday
Active — enforcing 40-question vessel declaration and toll system for all Hormuz transits as of May 5, 2026
Iran shut the Strait of Hormuz on February 28, 2026, after US-Israeli strikes, cutting off roughly a fifth of global oil supply. The US-Iran ceasefire, extended by Trump on April 21, holds formally. But Iran's May 10 counter-proposal demanded Iranian sovereignty over the strait, an end to all US sanctions, and an immediate lifting of the naval blockade. Trump called the response "totally unacceptable," and roughly 1,500 commercial vessels remain trapped inside the Persian Gulf.
Updated May 30
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