Iran Plans Controlled Shipping Corridor Through Strait of Hormuz

Iran is preparing to formalize an agreement with Oman to establish a new transit corridor through the Strait of Hormuz that will place navigation in the area under Iranian operational control.

Under the forthcoming arrangement, merchant vessels intending to navigate the critical waterway will be required to coordinate their passage with Tehran prior to entering a newly demarcated restricted maritime zone around the chokepoint.

Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, indicated that the restricted zone will span from the U.S. naval blockade line, crossing through the Strait of Hormuz and extending inward to the Persian Gulf.

The framework establishes that vessels entering the designated zone to transit the strait without coordinating with Iranian authorities will face transit restrictions, imposing tighter jurisdictional oversight across one of the world's most critical marine passages.