The Strait of Hormuz has not been closed and will not be blocked, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said. "There has been no blockade and there is no blockade. There will be no blockade in the future. The strait belongs to Iran, which controls its territorial waters. Commercial ships can pass through it under Iranian control," Esmail Baghaei said.
Ebrahim Azizi, chairman of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, also said that Tehran had warned about the situation.
"We warned, you did not pay attention. Now enjoy the return of the situation in the Strait of Hormuz to its previous state," the official said.
Earlier it was reported that Iran had regained control over the Strait of Hormuz.
