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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards tell ships passage through Strait of Hormuz ‘not allowed’
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A family sits against the backdrop of a dockyard off the coastal city of Fujairah, in the Strait of Hormuz in the northern United Arab Emirates on February 25, 2026. (Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)
An official from the European Union’s naval mission Aspides says that vessels have been receiving VHF transmission from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards saying “no ship is allowed to pass the Strait of Hormuz.”
The strait is the world’s most vital oil export route, which connects the biggest Gulf oil producers, such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates, with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea.
The official, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, says Iran had not formally confirmed any such order. Tehran has for years threatened to block the narrow waterway in retaliation for any attack on the Islamic Republic.
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