Iran To Allow Passage Via Strait Of Hormuz To Countries Who Expels Isreali, US Ambassadors
As per the Middle East Monitor report, Iran has announced that any Arab or European country that expels the Israeli and US ambassadors will be granted free passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Similar reports were published by CNN and Pakistan’s Daily Jang.
Reportedly, as per Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB, the IRGC said those countries would have the “full right and freedom” to transit the strategic waterway if they sever diplomatic ties with both Israel and the United States.
Notably, Iran has stopped the passage of vessels from the Hormuz Strait following the US-Israel attack on Iran on February 28, 2026.
About 20% of the world’s oil usually passes through the strait, and the war has severely reduced sea traffic and sent global oil prices soaring.
Iran previously said it would “set fire” to any ships trying to pass through the Strait, but a very small amount of traffic has continued.
Blocking the strait has already given rise to an impact with rising cost of goods and services worldwide, and hit some of the world’s biggest economies, including China, India, and Japan, which are among the top importers of crude oil passing through the waterway.
The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world’s most important shipping routes, and its most vital oil transit choke point.
Bounded to the north by Iran and to the south by Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the corridor, which is only about 50km (31 miles) wide at its entrance and exit, and about 33km wide at its narrowest point, connects the Gulf with the Arabian Sea.
Analysts have warned that the longer there are threats to ships passing through the strait, the higher the price of oil, and the shipping of it, will be.
