Iran says it will declare a restricted zone around the Strait of Hormuz
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- Iran says it plans to declare a restricted zone around the Strait of Hormuz, extending from the area where a US blockade allegedly began into the Persian Gulf.
- Secretary Muhsin Rezai said commercial vessels passing through the zone would be placed on a sanctions list.
- He also announced an agreement with Oman on transit routes through the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran will declare a “restricted zone” around the Strait of Hormuz in the coming days, according to Muhsin Rezai, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
Rezai said the zone would extend from the area where Iran says the United States’ blockade in the region began into the inner Persian Gulf. Commercial ships passing through it would be added to a sanctions list.
He also said Iran and Oman had reached an agreement on routes used to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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