Iran’s IRGC Navy Coordinates 26 Commercial Vessels Transit Strait of Hormuz in 24 Hours

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said 26 commercial vessels, including oil tankers and container ships, transited the Strait of Hormuz over a 24-hour period in coordination with Iranian naval authorities.

“Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said it coordinated the transit of 26 vessels through the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours, as talks between Washington and Tehran over the resumption of traffic through the narrow waterway remain stalled”

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NDTV Profit reported that the IRGC Navy statement said the vessels passed through the strait in coordination with the IRGC Navy and Iranian naval authorities, and that the transits were permitted only under the “coordination and security provided by the IRGC Navy” after required authorisations.

Al Jazeera

News18 said traffic appeared to pick up over the past 24 hours as Tehran loosened restrictions imposed during its conflict with the United States and Israel, and it cited the IRGC Navy’s X post saying “Over the past 24 hours, 26 vessels — including oil tankers, container ships and other commercial vessels — transited the Strait of Hormuz.”

Xinhua reported that the IRGC Navy said the 26 vessels passed through the Strait of Hormuz within the past 24 hours in coordination with its forces, and it noted that South Korea’s Foreign Ministry confirmed a South Korean oil tanker safely transited the strait, marking the first passage by a South Korean vessel since the war began.

Al Jazeera quoted an IRGC statement carried by Iran’s state-affiliated ISNA news agency saying, “Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is being carried out with permission and in coordination with the IRGC Navy,” as talks between Washington and Tehran over resumption of traffic remained stalled.

Al Jazeera also reported that Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) published a new map on X marking a controlled maritime zone that vessels would not be able to transit without its authorisation.

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The Persian Gulf Strait Authority’s controlled zone was described by Al Jazeera as stretching from Kuh-e Mubarak in Iran to south of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates at the eastern entrance of the strait, and from the tip of Qeshm Island to Umm al-Quwain at the western entrance.

In parallel, the NDTV Profit account said Iran had formed the Persian Gulf Strait Authority to supervise and enforce stringent authorisation requirements for all passing commercial traffic, and it said an average of 138 ships passed through the strait every day before the conflict.

Al Jazeera said about a fifth of global energy exports used to pass through the strait before the United States-Israel war on Iran began on February 28, and it linked Tehran’s blockade to a standoff that raised concerns over a looming humanitarian catastrophe.

“Iran Guards Say Allowed 26 Ships To Transit Hormuz Since Tuesday Iran has insisted that ships transiting through the waterway must obtain permission from the Iranian armed forces”

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Al Jazeera reported that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warned the blockage could trigger a severe global food price crisis within six to 12 months, calling the disruption “the beginning of a systemic agrifood shock.”

Al Jazeera added that the FAO said, “The shock is unfolding in stages: energy, fertilizer, seeds, lower yields, commodity price increases, then food inflation,” as it described the disruption as moving through global agrifood systems in stages.

Al Jazeera also said Trump spoke about “progress” in negotiations with Iran while threatening to resume military action if Iran does not agree to a deal, and it quoted Abbas Araghchi warning “return to war will feature many more surprises.”