Iran's Revolutionary Guard announced this Thursday that, in the last 24 hours, a total of 26 vessels have crossed the Strait of Hormuz through a "safe corridor" and stressed that all of them "obtained permission" and "coordinated" with the Iranian forces deployed in the area.
According to the Revolutionary Guard Navy, "intelligent control of the Strait of Hormuz is carried out with full authority" by Tehran, emphasizing that "obtaining permission and coordination to transit" through this strategic passage "is a definitive matter" for the country's authorities.
The military corps also pointed out that "crossing through other routes is considered a disturbance and will receive an adequate response," before lashing out at several ships that allegedly tried to do so after "turning off their navigation systems." In this context, it indicated that two of them were intercepted and forced to return to their course, without offering additional information.
In the same vein, the institution insisted that "the control and management of the Strait of Hormuz is carried out solely by the Revolutionary Guard Navy" and once again warned that "any disturbance will receive a decisive response," as reported by Iranian public television, IRIB.
The body created by Tehran to regulate maritime traffic in this passage, the Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA), released a map last week with the limits of its "jurisdiction" in the area, considered one of the main bottlenecks of world trade, in the context of the measures adopted by Iran in response to the aforementioned offensive, launched by surprise on February 28.