Tensions between Iran and the US have risen again following the declaration of a “prohibited zone” in the Strait of Hormuz. Against the backdrop of a six-month-long conflict, the Tehran administration has announced plans to create a new restricted maritime zone extending from the Persian Gulf to the Strait of Hormuz.
elchi reports that the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaee, stated on state television that if the US does not stop its provocations, threats, and acts of aggression, the Strait of Hormuz will not be fully opened to traffic.
Rezaee noted that any vessel entering the designated restricted zone will be added to a sanctions list.
Mutual countermeasures have sharply increased oil prices
Over the weekend, the two countries exchanged missile and air strikes. After the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired ballistic missiles at US warships, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that it had hit three Iranian oil tankers, including one off the coast of Kharg Island.
Although the US side claims that the missiles did not hit the ships and were repelled, the price of a barrel of oil rose to $93 following these direct confrontations.
Meanwhile, shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has fallen to its lowest level since May.
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