A maritime monitoring body supervised by the United States Navy reported this Saturday, 27, that a navigation route in the Strait of Hormuz, close to the coast of Oman, is being expanded to allow the flow of vessels both in and out.
The Joint Maritime Information Center’s announcement represents yet another warning to Iran that the United States is pushing to reopen the strait.
Iran has insisted that vessels must obey its orders and has warned that it will begin charging fees for crossing the Strait of Hormuz, through which around a fifth of all oil and natural gas traded in the world has passed.
The United States and Gulf Arab countries reject Iranian demands. Although the strait is located in the territorial waters of Iran and Oman, it is widely considered by the international community to be an international waterway.
