In a statement, the military had announced a few minutes earlier that the strait was “restored to its previous state”, because the US refused to remove the naval blockade to Iranian ports in the Persian Gulf.

According to a statement by the Iranian Army Joint Command, the US have continued to hold the so-called naval blockade, despite previous agreements envisioning limited passage of commercial ships and oil tanks.

A spokesman for the Central Staff “Hazrat Khatam al-Anbiya” said Iran had confidently accepted ease of the maritime circulation under negotiations, but recent developments have changed the situation, wrote Skynews.

 

 

US bans 21 ships in Hormuz Strait, tensions increase

The Islamic Republic of Iran, following earlier agreements during the negotiations, has confidently acknowledged the managed passage of a limited number of oil and commercial shipping vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. Unfortunately, Americans continue the so-called” blockade, it says in the statement.

According to the Iranian Army, for this reason the control over the Strait of Hormuz has returned to its former state, and the sea crossing will remain under strict oversight of the armed forces.

Tehran also warned that the situation will remain such as long as the US does not guarantee “the complete freedom of shiping” from and towards Iran.

Hormuz Strait is one of the most strategic points of global oil transport, which exceeds a considerable part of world energy supplies.