{"id":1873825,"date":"2026-04-09T12:28:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1873825"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:28:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:28:36","slug":"confusion-reigns-over-hormuz-shipping-reopening-as-iran-issues-new-passage-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1873825","title":{"rendered":"Confusion reigns over Hormuz shipping reopening as Iran issues new passage conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/71\/59\/28\/1200x675_cmsv2_f05a629d-47f8-5ecf-951e-45664f32ad67-9715928.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2884875-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2884875\" data-cid=\"9715684\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2884875-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/71\/56\/84\/189x106_cmsv2_04182176-345c-5923-8ee1-03998a6b31b5-9715684.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"People who are or have been married have a lower risk of developing cancer.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Health news<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Never married? 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dhows sail by a large container ship in the Strait of Hormuz, 19 May 2023\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              FILE &#8211; Two traditional dhows sail by a large container ship in the Strait of Hormuz, 19 May 2023<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0AP Photo\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspPeter Barabas&amp;nbsp&amp;&amp;nbsp<b>Euronews teams in Dubai and 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u-gap-1 u-show-for-mobile-only\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"whatsapp\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Whatsapp<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"whatsapp\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"c-article-summary\">\n        Normal shipping in the Strait of Hormuz has not yet resumed as per the ceasefire deal, as Iran consolidates its hardline, unilateral position on lifting its blockade in apparent contradiction of the rollercoaster ceasefire deal.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>More than 24 hours after the US-Iran ceasefire was announced, confusion continues to grow over the safe reopening of the Strait of Hormuz for vital maritime traffic as a central tenet of the ceasefire agreement, adding further uncertainty and disarray to the first sighs of relief that normal operations can now resume in the world\u2019s vital energy shipping waterway.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On the first day of the ceasefire and into Thursday, the expected oil and gas tanker traffic has not yet resumed, although Iran first announced on Tuesday that it would ensure safe navigation through the strait during the ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>Only four bulk cargo vessels with their Automatic Identification System trackers on passed through the Strait of Hormuz, according to ship-tracking data quoted by the Associated Press. <\/p>\n<p>A separate dataset from AXSMarine showed that the confirmed number of ships passing the strait in the first 24 hours of the ceasefire stood at 11. <\/p>\n<p>This data does not include the so-called \u201cdark fleet ships\u201d, which operate with their transponders turned off to evade Iranian crude oil sanctions, while other sources have warned of so-called &#8220;spoofing,&#8221; meaning ships might be showing false positions.<\/p>\n<p>Iran appears to be consolidating a firm unilateral position towards lifting its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which is set to contradict the ceasefire agreement amid Tehran\u2019s apparent hardline positioning that it has the upper hand instead of the US and that it is Tehran who decides.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) released a statement on Thursday announcing what it calls alternative maritime routes through the strait as a precaution against what it claims could be \u201cpossible collisions with sea mines\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Reports from multiple sources that Iran has laid sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war have not yet been independently confirmed. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll ships intending to transit the Strait of Hormuz are hereby notified that in order to comply with the principles of maritime safety and to be protected from possible collisions with sea mines,&#8221; the statement said<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They should take alternative routes for traffic in the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d it concluded, indicating that the IRGC wants to direct maritime traffic through the strait.<\/p>\n<p>The IRGC announcement was followed shortly after by Iran\u2019s deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh, who claimed the Strait of Hormuz is open and that due to sea mines, all ships must coordinate passage with Iran for safety. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnybody who communicates with the Iranian authority has got permission to pass\u201d Khatibzadeh told a British television in Tehran. <\/p>\n<p>The US and Iran both claimed victory on Wednesday after the two countries and Israel agreed to the two-week ceasefire, and all sides have been presenting vastly different versions of the terms, including the reopening of the strait traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Confusion set in as Iran took the world by surprise, announcing that under the deal it would start charging ships for strait passage together with Oman, and that navigation would only be possible \u201cvia coordination with Iran\u2019s Armed Forces and with due consideration to technical limitations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s announcement that it wants to collect transit fees was met with global furore, as ships have never paid to use the waterway and Iran\u2019s plans violate the international agreement known as Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).<\/p>\n<p>UNCLOS, short for the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, was adopted in 1982 and establishes law and order for the world\u2019s oceans and seas, including the allocation of states\u2019 rights and jurisdictions with respect to maritime navigation. <\/p>\n<p>Following Israel\u2019s overwhelming strikes in Lebanon on Wednesday, Iran further hardened its position into an arm-twisting posture towards the United States and the rest of the world, that it would control and dictate conditions for the strait passage.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Iran\u2019s Khatibzadeh announced that said his country will allow ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz in accordance with \u201cinternational norms and international law\u201d once the US ends its \u201caggression\u201d in the Middle East and Israel stops attacking Lebanon, calling Wednesday\u2019s deadly bombing of Beirut an \u201cintentional grave violation of the ceasefire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s announcements contradict US President Donald Trump\u2019s announcement that through the ceasefire deal, \u201cthe Strait of Hormuz will be open and safe\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be lots of positive action! Big money will be made. Iran can start the reconstruction process,\u201d Trump wrote in a surprising turnaround just hours after he threatened that a \u201cwhole civilisation will die\u201d on Tuesday night if Tehran did not agree to lift its blockade of the strait. <\/p>\n<p>Oman quickly rejected Iran\u2019s claims that the two countries will be collecting transit fees during the two-week ceasefire to avoid suspicions of secret dealings with the Iranian regime, especially from its Gulf neighbours and to underline that it was respecting the Law of the Sea principles that ships do not have to pay to pass natural waterways. <\/p>\n<p>Oman\u2019s Transport Minister Saeed bin Hamoud bin Saeed al Maawali declared on Wednesday that it will respect all international agreements on maritime transport as \u201cthe Strait of Hormuz is a natural passage, not created by human intervention, and therefore, no fees can be imposed on it according to the international agreements signed by the Sultanate.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Without Oman by its side, Iran\u2019s declared actions would inevitably constitute a breach of the ceasefire agreement with the United States.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">UAE tells Euronews ceasefire not enough for Iran war solution, says &#8216;no trust&#8217; in Tehran regime<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Qatar warns Iran war could now &#8216;spiral out of control&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Gulf countries are also adamant that there can be no Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz. <\/p>\n<p>Qatar\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesman Dr Majed al-Ansari said on Tuesday that \u201cthis is a naturally occuring open strait that all of us share and all of us should have a say on how it is run.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We never had the need to do that because it is a natural opening and everybody was using it in the benefit of all the peoples in the region and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, chief executive of Abu Dhabi\u2019s state oil company Sultan Al Jaber issued an appeal to &#8220;unconditionally&#8221; open the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>Al Jaber decidedly stated that \u201cthe Strait of Hormuz is not open.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Access is being restricted, conditioned and controlled,\u201d and \u201cIran has made clear,&#8221; he said, &#8220;that passage is subject to permission, conditions and political leverage.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That is not freedom of navigation. That is coercion.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                          Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-partage-commentaire-share\"><span>Share<\/span><\/span><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"adb-article-you-might-also-like\" class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-you-might-also-like\">\n<h2 class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__title\">\n        Read more<br \/>\n      <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__item\">\n<h3>\n<p>                  Pro-Iran groups using AI to troll Trump and try to control war narrative, analysts say<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__item\">\n<h3>\n<p>                  Ceasefire threatened as Iran closes strait again and Trump warns US troops are to remain<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div 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four bulk cargo vessels with their Automatic Identification System trackers on passed through the Strait of Hormuz, according to ship-tracking data quoted by the Associated Press.A separate dataset from AXSMarine showed that the confirmed number of ships passing the strait in the first 24 hours of the ceasefire stood at 11.This data does not include the so-called \u201cdark fleet ships\u201d, which operate with their transponders turned off to evade Iranian crude oil sanctions, while other sources have warned of so-called &#8220;spoofing,&#8221; meaning ships might be showing false positions.Iran appears to be consolidating a firm unilateral position towards lifting its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which is set to contradict the ceasefire agreement amid Tehran\u2019s apparent hardline positioning that it has the upper hand instead of the US and that it is Tehran who decides.Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) released a statement on Thursday announcing what it calls alternative maritime routes through the strait as a precaution against what it claims could be \u201cpossible collisions with sea mines\u201d.Reports from multiple sources that Iran has laid sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war have not yet been independently confirmed.\u00a0\u201cAll ships intending to transit the Strait of Hormuz are hereby notified that in order to comply with the principles of maritime safety and to be protected from possible collisions with sea mines,&#8221; the statement said&#8221;They should take alternative routes for traffic in the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d it concluded, indicating that the IRGC wants to direct maritime traffic through the strait.The IRGC announcement was followed shortly after by Iran\u2019s deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh, who claimed the Strait of Hormuz is open and that due to sea mines, all ships must coordinate passage with Iran for safety.\u00a0\u201cAnybody who communicates with the Iranian authority has got permission to pass\u201d Khatibzadeh told a British television in Tehran.\u00a0The\u00a0US and Iran both claimed victory on Wednesday after the two countries and Israel agreed to the two-week ceasefire, and all sides have been presenting vastly different versions of the terms, including the reopening of the strait traffic.Confusion set in as Iran took the world by surprise, announcing that under the deal it would start charging ships for strait passage together with Oman, and that navigation would only be possible \u201cvia coordination with Iran\u2019s Armed Forces and with due consideration to technical limitations.\u201dIran\u2019s announcement that it wants to collect transit fees was met with global furore, as ships have never paid to use the waterway and Iran\u2019s plans violate the international agreement known as Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).UNCLOS, short for the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, was adopted in 1982 and establishes law and order for the world\u2019s oceans and seas, including the allocation of states\u2019 rights and jurisdictions with respect to maritime navigation.\u00a0Following Israel\u2019s overwhelming strikes in Lebanon on Wednesday, Iran further hardened its position into an arm-twisting posture towards the United States and the rest of the world, that it would control and dictate conditions for the strait passage.On Thursday, Iran\u2019s Khatibzadeh announced that said his country will allow ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz in accordance with \u201cinternational norms and international law\u201d once the US ends its \u201caggression\u201d in the Middle East and Israel stops attacking Lebanon, calling Wednesday\u2019s deadly bombing of Beirut an \u201cintentional grave violation of the ceasefire.\u201dIran\u2019s announcements contradict US President Donald Trump\u2019s announcement that through the ceasefire deal, \u201cthe Strait of Hormuz will be open and safe\u201d.\u201cThere will be lots of positive action! Big money will be made. Iran can start the reconstruction process,\u201d Trump wrote in a surprising turnaround just hours after he threatened that a \u201cwhole civilisation will die\u201d on Tuesday night if Tehran did not agree to lift its blockade of the strait.\u00a0Oman quickly rejected Iran\u2019s claims that the two countries will be collecting transit fees during the two-week ceasefire to avoid suspicions of secret dealings with the Iranian regime, especially from its Gulf neighbours and to underline that it was respecting the Law of the Sea principles that ships do not have to pay to pass natural waterways.\u00a0Oman\u2019s Transport Minister Saeed bin Hamoud bin Saeed al Maawali declared on Wednesday that it will respect all international agreements on maritime transport as \u201cthe Strait of Hormuz is a natural passage, not created by human intervention, and therefore, no fees can be imposed on it according to the international agreements signed by the Sultanate.\u201cWithout Oman by its side, Iran\u2019s declared actions would inevitably constitute a breach of the ceasefire agreement with the United States.The Gulf countries are also adamant that there can be no Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz.Qatar\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesman Dr Majed al-Ansari said on Tuesday that \u201cthis is a naturally occuring open strait that all of us share and all of us should have a say on how it is run.&#8221;&#8221;We never had the need to do that because it is a natural opening and everybody was using it in the benefit of all the peoples in the region and beyond.\u201dMeanwhile, chief executive of Abu Dhabi\u2019s state oil company Sultan Al Jaber issued an appeal to &#8220;unconditionally&#8221; open the Strait of Hormuz.Al Jaber decidedly stated that \u201cthe Strait of Hormuz is not open.&#8221;&#8221;Access is being restricted, conditioned and controlled,\u201d and \u201cIran has made clear,&#8221; he said, &#8220;that passage is subject to permission, conditions and political leverage.&#8221;&#8221;That is not freedom of navigation. 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