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The Revolutionary Guard has drawn up the "Tehran tollbooth" map! One image explains the alternative route to Holmz in seconds
Image : Iran has announced alternative shipping routes for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. (Illustration by The Liberty Times)
Despite a two-week ceasefire agreement between Iran and the United States, which agreed to open the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has mandated new routes for ships transiting the Strait. According to an announcement by Iran on March 9th, the Revolutionary Guard stated that the main shipping lanes of this vital waterway pose a mine risk, necessitating alternative routes. The new route, named "Tehran Toll Station," operates south of Larak Island, within Iranian territorial waters, facilitating Revolutionary Guard escorts, boarding inspections, and vessel verification.
The maritime news outlet *The Maritime Executive* reported that the Iranian maritime authorities have released a revised traffic plan for the Strait of Hormuz, aimed at "avoiding collisions with mines." Intelligence sources claim that Iran laid as many as a dozen mines in the waterway last month, but this claim remains unconfirmed and is controversial.
The Iranian Ports and Maritime Organization, through its state-owned Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), announced that due to the war situation and the potential presence of mines in the main traffic area of the Strait of Hormuz, vessels must coordinate with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy and use designated routes.
The new scheme aims to guide inbound vessels via the route between Qeshm and Larak Islands, known as the "Tehran Toll Station," which is overseen by the Revolutionary Guards. The new outbound vessel route is located south of Larak Island, within Iranian waters, facilitating "escorts," boarding inspections, and vessel identity verification by the Revolutionary Guards.
Notably, the chart delineates danger zones in areas previously used for deep-sea navigation and marks prohibited passage. Its coordinates cover the traffic separation scheme (TSS) designated by the International Maritime Organization near the northern tip of the Musundam Peninsula, an exclave of Oman.
Furthermore, the warning area appears to extend to the newly established, Oman-administered shipping lane at the southernmost end of the Strait of Hormuz, which seems to contradict the widely discussed Oman-Iran agreement on passage through Omani territorial waters.
Image : The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps has released alternative routes for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. (Image from Shanaka Anslem Perera X account)
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