Tankers 'waiting for permission' to transit through Strait of Hormuz, Iran says
Iran's semiofficial Fars news agency aired footage Sunday of what it said were vessels "waiting for permission" from Iran to transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
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FILE - Cargo ships are seen at sea near the Strait of Hormuz, as viewed from a rocky shoreline near Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Friday, May 1, 2026. -
Iran's semiofficial Fars news agency aired footage Sunday of what it said were vessels "waiting for permission" from Iran to transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
The agency said Iranian authorities had stressed the strait remained closed and "any passage through it is possible only at the will of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran."
Iran will not give its permission to opening the Strait of Hormuz while the reports claiming that Tehran has accepted a proposal by Qatari mediators to resume the waterway’s operation have nothing to do with reality, the news agency Fars reported, citing a source in the Iranian negotiating team.
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