OfficialShipping, energy & marketsStrait of Hormuz
Iran's strait authority says Hormuz is 'closed until further notice'
- Mountain Time
- Local time
- 1:17 PM in Tehran
- Where
- Strait of Hormuz
Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority, set up on May 5 to oversee transit, said the strait was 'closed until further notice' because of U.S. aggression and told ships holding passes to await guidance. Iran's joint military command had announced a full closure the previous night, which CENTCOM rejected, saying commercial ships continued to transit.
Why it matters
The notice suspended even the passes Iran had been issuing, while Washington disputed that traffic had stopped at all.
Sources (5)
- The Guardian live coveragetheguardian.comPublished
- Associated Pressapnews.comPublished
- The Business Times / Reutersbusinesstimes.com.sgPublished
- Iran International / CENTCOM postsiranintl.comPublished
- The Guardian live blogtheguardian.comPublished
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Correction
- Corrected the headline (it read "Iran authority says Hormuz is closed until further notice"); revised the summary; revised the context note; corrected the location from Strait of Hormuz / Gulf of Oman shipping lanes to Strait of Hormuz; changed the confidence label from reported to official; reclassified it from market to shipping; updated the sourcing note; added a source: The Guardian live blog; removed Sky News live coverage as a source (a rolling live page that now shows other content); removed Trading Economics as a source (a live price page, not a dated report). Why and evidence