The head of Iran’s Parliamentary Security Commission, Ebrahim Azizi, said that ships wanting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz will have to pay a toll to the country. In an interview given to Russia Today on Saturday (April 11, 2026), he declared that the government must manage and control entry into the strait based on national interests.
The statement came shortly before the end of negotiations between the US and Iranian delegations in Islamabad, Pakistan. The 2 countries left the Pakistani capital .
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“All vessels entering the Strait of Hormuz must pay tolls under a new control system”
“Government must establish full management and control of the Strait based on national interests”
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman)
On March 30, the Iranian Parliament committee approved a regulation for charging tolls on vessels sailing through the Strait of Hormuz. In the interview, Azizi stated that the Americans need the agreement more than Iran. “If they don’t accept our terms, we will go our own way — nothing will change“, he stated.
With the end of negotiations on Saturday, the President of the United States, Donald Trump (Republican Party), stated that the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked by the Iranians and demanded the reopening of the sea route.
He also said that Iran refuses to abandon its nuclear program. “The meeting went well, most points were agreed, but the only point that really mattered, the nuclear program, was not”he wrote.
Trump too that the USA is “starting a cleaning process” of the strait.
Comments made by the US president on social media this Sunday (12 April) signaled an escalation in naval activity around the strait. Trump said the U.S. Navy would begin intercepting ships that paid tolls to Iranians for using the route and that the military would begin destroying underwater mines placed in the waters.
“Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be blown to hell!”he stated.
