Iran warns against new Hormuz route as US truce wobbles
Key takeaways
- “I urge all parties… to adhere to the memorandum of understanding and not to allow this MoU to deviate from its course.”
- The Guards said Thursday that Oman and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) announced a new corridor without consulting Tehran, and warned vessels against using it.
- The only authorised passage by Tehran passes through a corridor running along Iran’s coast.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize Iran’s top diplomat warned Sunday that any attempt to bypass the Strait of Hormuz routes agreed with the United States would “increase tensions” in the Middle East, as the countries traded attacks and accusations of violating a fragile truce.
The exchanges underscored the fragility of a Pakistan-brokered agreement aimed at ending a war launched by the United States and Israel in February, which disrupted shipping through the strait and rattled global energy markets.
“Any attempt to adopt new or separate arrangements compared to what is underway by the Islamic Republic of Iran, will only lead to more complicated situations and delays in the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and will increase the tensions,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.