Iran's Foreign Ministry: Must Receive Payment for Services Provided in the Strait of Hormuz

Odaily Planet Daily News Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Baghaei, stated that the measures taken by Iran to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz are both for maintaining national security and in line with the common interests of the international community. Iran must receive payment for the services it provides in the Strait of Hormuz.

A recording from the ship's radio public channel, provided by a sailor on a merchant vessel near the Strait of Hormuz, shows that the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy issued a warning to ships in the vicinity on the evening of the 13th local time, ordering them not to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. The recording indicates that the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy hailed all vessels in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, stating that the Strait of Hormuz is completely closed and that any attempt by vessels to transit the strait will be "dealt with decisively." The broadcast also ordered all vessels not to move within the Strait of Hormuz until further notice.

Naboyan, the Vice Chairman of Iran's National Security Committee, had previously stated that, according to the text of a memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States that he had seen, all commercial ships would resume passage through the Strait of Hormuz without any restrictions. (Xinhua News Agency)