Iran’s parliament endorsed a measure to shut the Strait of Hormuz, a essential international transit chokepoint, in response to in a single day U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear websites, Iranian state media reported Sunday.
Iran’s state-owned broadcaster Press TV reported that the legislature had reached a consensus to shut the strait. The final decision rests with Iran’s Supreme Nationwide Safety Council and Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, it stated.
The channel, which separates Iran and Oman, is a vital gateway for petroleum shipments from Persian Gulf nations.
The strait connects the Persian Gulf to the open ocean and is among the world’s most critical oil chokepoints. About 30 % of world seaborne oil shipments cross by the slim passage, a vulnerability that has become a growing concern amid spiraling regional tensions.
The parliamentary endorsement comes straight after the U.S. launched strikes on Iran’s Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear amenities.
The American assault, dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer, concerned a sequence of strikes on key Iranian nuclear amenities. It was launched to “neutralize” Iran’s potential to develop a nuclear weapon, U.S. Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth instructed a press convention on Sunday.
U.S. President Donald Trump, in his message to the nation on Saturday night, proclaimed the assaults a “spectacular military success.” Iran’s key nuclear enrichment amenities had been “fully and completely obliterated,” he stated.
