Iran's maritime authority announces Hormuz closure until further notice over US aggression
The Iranian authority controlling the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf says the strategic waterway is closed until further notice due to tensions initiated by American forces in the region.
In a brief announcement on its X account on Thursday, the Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) said that “Given the tensions created by the aggressor US forces in the region and the statement issued by the Iranian Armed Forces last night, the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until further notice.”
It further said that “Applicants who have already received transit authorization are requested to remain patient and await further guidance from the PGSA.”
The announcement came hours after the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, Iran's highest operational command unit, ordered the closure of the narrow waterway shortly after the launch of fresh American military aggression against the country, despite the Islamic Republic's warnings against such military adventurism.
The headquarters noted that the order has been issued “following the continued acts of aggression by the criminal United States and in view of the start of attacks by that country's aggressive military against several areas in the southern province of Hormozgan.”
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)'s Navy, also issued a separate statement, announcing that the force had struck two vessels trying to cross the waterway illegally.
Iran has shut down the strategic Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly one-fifth of global petroleum consumption passes, to aggressors and their allies since February 28, when the US and the Israeli regime began their latest bout of wholesale unprovoked attacks against the Islamic Republic.
The closure has driven up energy, fuel, and food prices across large parts of Asia, Europe, and the United States.
Iran began exercising stricter controls on the waterway after US President Donald Trump announced the launch of an illegal naval blockade of Iranian vessels and ports in spite of a ceasefire that Trump, himself, had declared on April 7.
Tehran has vowed not to reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the blockade is lifted and the war permanently ends.
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