In a statement published on Telegram, the organization said that from Saturday evening, “no ship may leave its anchorage in the Persian Gulf or the Sea of Oman.”
“Approaching the Strait of Hormuz will be considered cooperation with the enemy and the unit will be attacked” – added.
On Friday afternoon, the Iranian authorities opened the strait to commercial ships until the end of the truce, which expires on the night of April 21-22. Due to the continued American blockade of Iranian ports, on Saturday morning Tehran again introduced restrictions on navigation through this route.
The Iranian army stressed that since last night, some ships had passed through the strait under the control of Iranian forces, but it will remain closed until the US ends the blockade, which is a “violation of the terms of the ceasefire.”
The US blocks Iranian ports
Earlier on Saturday, Trump told reporters that Iran's leaders want to close the strait but that the United States will not allow itself to be “blackmailed.”
The Speaker of Iran's Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said in a television interview on Saturday evening that Tehran considers US attempts to clear mines in Hormuz as a “ceasefire violation,” Al-Jazeera reported.
Attack on Iran and escalation in the Middle East
On February 28, the United States and Israel attacked Iran, which responded by attacking the Persian Gulf countries and virtually closed Hormuz. This trapped over 600 ships in the Persian Gulf, and shipowners are suspending further cruises for fear of mines that Iran may have placed in the strait.
Hormuz is a key sea route through which 20% of the world's traffic flows under normal conditions. world volume of oil and liquefied natural gas – LNG. Supply disruptions have caused prices of these raw materials to skyrocket around the world.
