15 ships crossed the Hormuz Strait over the last 24 hours after receiving permission from Iran

The semi-official Fars news agency said ships were allowed to cross strategic waterways after receiving authorisation from Iranian authorities.

The news agency said ship traffic through the strait remains 90 per cent lower, before the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran in late February.

The region has been on hand since the US and Israel launched joint offensives against Iran on 28 February, killing more than 1,340 people to date, including former Supreme Leader Aiotlah Ali Khamenei.

Iran has responded to attacks with fears and rockets targeting Israel, as well as Jordan, Iraq and Gulf countries hosting American military assets.

It has also limited ship movement through the Strait of Hormuz, Telegrafi reports, broadcasts Periscope.

And the news comes at a time when Iran seems to have flatly rejected Donald Trump's demands to open the Strait of Hormuz, after the American president issued a threat filled with harsh words for the escalation of attacks.

An account attributed to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Marine Corps (IRGC) said in an X post: “Hormuz Bay will never return to its previous state, especially for America and Israel”.

IRC's “Marina is in the process of completing operational preparations for Iran officials' Clear Plan for new order in the Persian Gulf”.

The statement appears to refer to a plan adopted by Iran's parliament to load several ships together with the ban of American and Israeli ships from crossing the straits, according to local media reports.

Lloyd's List Intelligence said Iran was already operating what it called a payment regime, adding that some transport firms had already made payments in Chinese currency.

Analysts have also suggested that Iran is unlikely to open the strait soon, because it is the only real lever that has over the US. /Periscope