Iran has announced plans to introduce a new system to manage maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical shipping routes for global energy supplies.
Ebrahim Azizi, spokesperson for the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said the mechanism would regulate vessel movement along a designated route and be formally unveiled in the near future.
Azizi stated that the framework has been developed “within the framework of national sovereignty and the guarantee of international trade security”, and would operate as a professional traffic management system for ships passing through the strategic waterway.