Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Monday (April 6, 2026) that the Strait of Hormuz, a critical international waterway connecting the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman, has undergone “irreversible strategic changes” and will never return to its previous status.
Earlier Mehdi Tabatabaei, deputy for communications at the Iranian president’s office, has said Iran will open the Strait of Hormuz only after receiving compensation for war damages, paid via a “new legal regime” based on transit fees.
The IRGC statement came days after an Iranian parliamentary committee approved a bill to impose transit fees on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. According to Iranian media reports, the proposal includes a transit fee, a ban on transit shipments for the United States and Israel, and restrictions for countries participating in unilateral sanctions against Iran.
