IRGC Navy says 32 ships have passed through Hormuz Strait in 24 hours

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy says 32 ships have passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours after obtaining permission from the Iranian forces following improved security in the key waterway. 

The IRGC Navy announced on Monday that it issued passage permits for the vessels as part of its continued “comprehensive control” over the strait.

The permits covered both entry and exit of the vessels over the past 24 hours, it said.

It added that some of the ships have already passed through, while others will transit in the coming hours.

The IRGC Navy said it continues to enforce the intelligent control of the Strait of Hormuz following the intensification of insecurity as a result of the acts of aggression of the terrorist American military in the waterway.

Iran shut down the strait to its enemies and their allies after the illegal, unprovoked US-Israeli aggression. Iranian authorities began enforcing much stricter controls following US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a blockade targeting Iranian vessels and ports.

Tehran says the measures violate the terms of a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire that took effect on April 8 and was later extended unilaterally by Washington.

The Strait of Hormuz is responsible for a fifth of the global oil supply, and Iran’s restrictions have caused a major surge in international oil and commodity prices since they were imposed in April.

Iran says it is ready to gradually reopen the strait if it receives concrete guarantees about a permanent end to US-Israeli aggression and the lifting of all Washington’s sanctions and the blockade of the country.

However, authorities have indicated that the situation in the strait will never return to what it was before the war, and that restrictions and bans will continue to be applied to ships owned by or linked to hostile regimes.

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