Iranian Parliamentary Committee Approves Plan to Impose Tolls on Ships Transiting Strait of Hormuz

Tehran. Iran's parliamentary committee has approved a plan to impose tolls on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

 This information was released by the Fars News Agency, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The news report, citing a member of the National Security Commission, also stated that vessels from the United States and Israel would be banned from passing through the strait. 

It was further stated that there are also plans to stop vessels from other countries participating in sanctions against Iran.

According to AFP, the new toll system was announced via Iranian state television and is said to be implemented in cooperation with Oman. 

Approximately 20 percent of the crude oil reaching the world market passes through this strait. However, there has been a significant decrease in ship traffic since the war began. According to Kepler, a company that analyzes maritime data, traffic has currently decreased by about 95 percent.