May 5: Iran activates new Strait of Hormuz transit system as US blockade ends in failure

By Press TV Website Staff

Iran tightened its control over the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, rolling out a formal mechanism for regulating all maritime traffic through the world’s most sensitive oil chokepoint, just hours after the United States killed at least five civilians by attacking two unarmed cargo boats traveling from Oman to the Iranian coast.

Under the new system, which was first reported by Press TV, every vessel seeking passage will receive official transit instructions from Tehran, as the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) warned that only Iran-designated routes will be deemed safe.

The escalation also prompted a blunt message to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with Tehran warning that any military action launched from Emirati territory will be met with a “crushing and regretful” response.

As condemnation of the US attack spread, including from former UN representative Mohamad Safa, who called Washington’s war secretary a “war criminal”, Iran reiterated that the growing crisis once again proves there is no military solution in West Asia.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, heading to Beijing for high-level talks, said Tehran’s diplomacy will continue “from a position of strength,” while other officials warned that any further US or Israeli action will exact a price “far beyond their threshold of tolerance.”

Key developments on day 67 of the war, the twenty-eighth day of the ceasefire:

• Iran has formally activated a new system to regulate all maritime traffic through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, according to an exclusive report by Press TV.
• Under the newly implemented system, all vessels intending to transit the Strait of Hormuz will receive an email from the official address  info@PGSA.ir  outlining the rules and regulations for passage.
• Iran's top military command warned the United Arab Emirates that any military action launched from its soil against Iranian territory will be met with a “crushing and regretful” response.
• The IRGC warned ships seeking to pass the Strait of Hormuz to exclusively use the corridor designated by Iran as safe.
• The United States attacked two civilian cargo boats heading from the Omani coast to the Iranian shoreline, claiming the lives of at least five people on board, Tasnim News Agency reported.
• Mohamad Safa, a UN representative who recently resigned, said US War Secretary Pete Hegseth is either a “war criminal” or “murderer”, saying the US military deliberately targeted two civilian boats traveling from Oman to Iran, killing five unarmed civilians.
• Ali Akbar Velayati, senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Mojtaba Khamenei, warned US Marines that they are being sacrificed by US President Donald Trump and his ambitions to remain in office even after the end of his current term in 2028.
• Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf warned that the ongoing situation in the Strait of Hormuz is becoming “unbearable” for the United States, while Tehran has “not even started yet.”
• Major General Yadollah Javani, deputy commander of the IRGC for political affairs, warned that the repercussions of any further escalation against Iran will be considerably severe for the United States, stressing that Washington will utilise all its military power but will be defeated at the hands of Iranian forces.
• In a letter addressed to the United Nations Security Council, Iran’s Permanent Representative, Amir Saeid Iravani, categorically rejected a recent resolution adopted by the Arab League, saying “no attempt to shield the perpetrators of aggression” will absolve those responsible of their international obligations.
• Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is travelling to Beijing for high-level talks with his Chinese counterpart on bilateral ties and regional developments.
• Foreign Minister Araghchi stated that recent developments in the Strait of Hormuz have once again made it crystal clear that there is no military solution to the political crisis in the West Asian region, reaffirming the Islamic Republic’s policy of pursuing diplomacy from a position of strength.
• Ali Akbar Ahmadian, the representative of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution to the Supreme National Defence Council, warned that any hostile move by the US and Israeli enemy against the Islamic Republic will exact a price far beyond their threshold of tolerance.
• Authorities in the UAE are reportedly conducting a sweeping deportation campaign targeting tens of thousands of Pakistani workers, freezing their bank accounts and stripping them of their life savings amid growing regional fallout from the US-Israeli aggression on Iran.
• A heated exchange took place between the British Chancellor of the Exchequer and the US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over the American-Israeli aggression against Iran during last month’s IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, the Financial Times reported.
• The Israeli regime’s forces are using internationally banned white phosphorus shells against civilian areas in southern Lebanon, state news agency National News Agency (NNA) reported.
• The Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll revealed deep scepticism among the American public regarding Trump’s ability to lead, with a majority declaring him mentally and physically unfit for the presidency as the fallout from Washington’s reckless war on Iran continues to hammer the US economy.
• Oil prices soared with the Brent crude contract for July delivery jumping more than 5 percent as tensions escalated in the Strait of Hormuz.

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