2025-06-22 15:35
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2025-06-22 15:35
Iran's parliament approved on Sunday the closing of the Strait of the Ormuz, lying on the trail leading from the Persian Gulf to the Arab Sea – said Reuters. The final decision in this matter will be made by the Supreme National Security Council of Iran.
Esmail Kosari, a member of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps and the MP, said on Sunday that the closing of the strait is in the plans of the country's authorities, and “the final decision in this matter will be taken when it is necessary.”
The Iranian MEHR agency, referring to Behnam Saidi from the Security Committee in the Iranian parliament, said on Thursday that Tehran, in connection with the recent attacks of Israel, is considering closing the strait. Reuters reminded that in the past Iran had threatened the closing of the Strait of the Ormus, but he never realized them before.
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The Maersk company, cited by the Danish agency, dealing with container transport, confirmed on Sunday that its ships are still flowing through the Strait of Ormuz.
“We will constantly monitor the risk in the region and if necessary we will be ready to take operational activities,” said Maersk.
According to the analytical company, Clarksons Research, which was previously referred to as the Financial Times this week, the growing risk associated with the Iranian-Israeli attacks from June 13 caused that the price of the charter of large tankers by ORMUZ has increased more than twice. The daily cost of charteering a ship transporting 2 million barrels of oil, e.g. from the Gulf of Persian to China, increased from about 20 thousand. hole. Two days before Israel's attack on Iran to over 47.6 thousand hole. on Wednesday.
The Strait of Ormuz lies on the trail leading from the Persian Gulf to the Arab Sea. This is the only route that oil transports can flow from the bay. 18 million barrels of oil are transported by the strait a day, or about 20 percent. daily world demand for this raw material. (PAP)
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