IRGC Navy Rejects IMO's Safe-Passage Plan for Strait of Hormuz
The guards said vessels must use Iranian-designated corridors and warned that any crossing without authorization will be dealt with.
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy warned vessels not to use what it called an "unapproved" shipping lane through the Strait of Hormuz, demanding ships use Iranian-designated corridors or risk enforcement action.
- Competing routes divide the strait: a new path south of the Traffic Separation Scheme coordinated by Oman and the International Maritime Organization, while the IRGC Navy administers northern operations near Qeshm Island.
- The military group emphasized that the only permitted transit paths through the strategic choke point are the corridors explicitly authorized by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- Vessel traffic moving outside of Iran’s designated northern lanes is explicitly prohibited. The IRGC warned that immediate enforcement measures will be taken against any violating ships.
- Under Iran's declared rules, all transiting commercial vessels are strictly required to maintain active communication and coordinate their passage with the IRGC Navy via VHF Channel 16.
- The dispute adds fresh friction just as shipping activity was beginning to recover following a June 17 memorandum of understanding signed by U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, aimed at winding down months of direct military conflict.
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