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the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, 2 May 2026<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;nbspBabak Kamiar\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1779117348\">\n                    Published on                 <time datetime=\"2026-05-18 17:15:48 +02:00\">18\/05\/2026 &#8211; 17:15 GMT+2<\/time><span class=\"c-article-publication-date__bullet\">\u2022<\/span>Updated<br \/>\n                                     <time 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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>Vessels wanting to transit the strait must apply via the PGSA&#8217;s official email address, submitting ownership details, insurance, crew manifests, cargo declarations and intended routing. <\/p>\n<p>A transit permit is issued only after the authority approves the submission and a fee is paid. No official tariff has been published. Reports indicate some vessels have already paid up to $2 million (**\u20ac**1.7m) per transit, with payment made in Chinese yuan.<\/p>\n<p>The authority functions as an administrative interface with the IRGC Navy, which physically controls transits through the waterway. The IRGC is designated a foreign terrorist organisation by the US and the EU, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement followed weeks of confusion and danger for the ships in the strait. After Tehran said in March it would charge for safe passage, fraudulent operators began offering unofficial transit paperwork in exchange for cryptocurrency payments. <\/p>\n<p>The PGSA appears designed to replace that grey market with a single official channel.<\/p>\n<p>Ebrahim Azizi, chairman of Iran&#8217;s parliamentary National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said in a televised interview that Tehran had prepared a mechanism to manage Hormuz traffic through a designated maritime route and that further details would be announced shortly. <\/p>\n<p>He wrote on X that only commercial vessels cooperating with Iran would benefit from the mechanism and that charges would apply.<\/p>\n<p>New billboards in Tehran&#8217;s metro system claim Iran could generate up to $100 billion annually from Strait of Hormuz revenues. <\/p>\n<p>The figure has circulated in Iranian media alongside proposals to monetise data cables running through the waterway.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5714285714285714\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/76\/27\/62\/808x462_cmsv2_87fd0665-a494-5af2-800f-5c23569c25dd-9762762.jpg\" alt=\"A billboard displayed in Tehran\u2019s metro depicts Trump kneeling while handing money to Iran.  \"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">A billboard displayed in Tehran\u2019s metro depicts Trump kneeling while handing money to Iran.  <\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">social media <\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Under UNCLOS \u2014 the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea \u2014 the Strait of Hormuz falls under the transit passage principle, which protects the uninterrupted flow of international shipping. Iran signed but never ratified the convention. <\/p>\n<p>The US, Gulf states and European countries have all rejected the legality of Iran&#8217;s fee regime. Regional countries, their European allies and the US have repeatedly stated that free navigation through the strait must be maintained without additional charges or restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>The waterway, around 35 kilometres wide at its narrowest point, carried roughly one-fifth of the world&#8217;s seaborne oil and liquefied natural gas before Iran effectively closed it to commercial shipping when the war began on 28 February. The US Navy imposed its own blockade of Iranian ports on 13 April.<\/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\">Iran eyes fees on Hormuz internet cables as new lever against the West<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Iran warns Europe against sending warships to Hormuz as US talks gap widens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>US outlets reported that the number of oil tankers gathered around Kharg Island \u2014 Iran&#8217;s main crude export terminal \u2014 had reached its highest level since the US naval blockade began, suggesting mounting pressure to move stranded oil exports.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s Tasnim news agency reported on Monday that US oil sanctions could be suspended at least during negotiations, while reiterating Tehran&#8217;s demand for their 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data-key=\"articleBody\">Iran&#8217;s Supreme National Security Council announced on Monday the launch of an official X account for the Persian Gulf Strait Authority, the body Tehran says will manage ship transits through the Strait of Hormuz and collect passage fees \u2014 formalising a system that has reportedly already been in place since March.Vessels wanting to transit the strait must apply via the PGSA&#8217;s official email address, submitting ownership details, insurance, crew manifests, cargo declarations and intended routing.A transit permit is issued only after the authority approves the submission and a fee is paid. No official tariff has been published. Reports indicate some vessels have already paid up to $2 million (\u20ac1.7m) per transit, with payment made in Chinese yuan.The authority functions as an administrative interface with the IRGC Navy, which physically controls transits through the waterway. The IRGC is designated a foreign terrorist organisation by the US and the EU, among others.The announcement followed weeks of confusion and danger for the ships in the strait. After Tehran said in March it would charge for safe passage, fraudulent operators began offering unofficial transit paperwork in exchange for cryptocurrency payments.The PGSA appears designed to replace that grey market with a single official channel.Ebrahim Azizi, chairman of Iran&#8217;s parliamentary National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said in a televised interview that Tehran had prepared a mechanism to manage Hormuz traffic through a designated maritime route and that further details would be announced shortly.He wrote on X that only commercial vessels cooperating with Iran would benefit from the mechanism and that charges would apply.New billboards in Tehran&#8217;s metro system claim Iran could generate up to $100 billion annually from Strait of Hormuz revenues.The figure has circulated in Iranian media alongside proposals to monetise data cables running through the waterway.Under UNCLOS \u2014 the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea \u2014 the Strait of Hormuz falls under the transit passage principle, which protects the uninterrupted flow of international shipping. Iran signed but never ratified the convention.The US, Gulf states and European countries have all rejected the legality of Iran&#8217;s fee regime. Regional countries, their European allies and the US have repeatedly stated that free navigation through the strait must be maintained without additional charges or restrictions.The waterway, around 35 kilometres wide at its narrowest point, carried roughly one-fifth of the world&#8217;s seaborne oil and liquefied natural gas before Iran effectively closed it to commercial shipping when the war began on 28 February. 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