Iran Owns the Strait of Hormuz Legally & Geographically

The Strait of Hormuz is not international waters.
At its narrowest point, the entire waterway lies within the territorial seas of Iran & Oman, each country’s sovereign 12-nautical-mile zone.

Iran has never ratified UNCLOS & does not accept the “transit passage” rules Washington demands. The irony? The United States itself has never ratified UNCLOS either. Iran, however, applies the older innocent-passage regime under the 1958 Geneva Convention, which gives coastal states clear legal authority to regulate &, when their security is threatened, restrict or suspend shipping through their own waters.

That gives Iran a solid legal basis to impose strict control, fire warning shots, or restrict vessels (especially those linked to aggressors like the US or Israel) in response to the American naval blockade.

In short: Iran is not “pirating” an open sea. It is exercising its full legal & sovereign right to control & defend the Strait against an American naval blockade.

Following the recent ceasefire, Iran has moved to a new phase of full sovereign management. It is now actively vetting every vessel, requiring full details on crew, cargo & destination, while restricting hostile or military shipping & prioritising friendly traffic. Tehran is also imposing transit tolls (up to $2 million per supertanker) paid in non-dollar currencies, finally turning the geographic asset that has always been theirs into a direct economic benefit.

This is not “piracy.”

Washington hates this reality & insists on an absolute right of passage, but legally this is a sovereign nation exercising its full legal & geographic rights over waters that are literally on its doorstep, against an American naval blockade.

Trump can scream “violation” & threaten to bomb every power plant & bridge all he wants. The map, the law, & geography are all on Iran’s side. The Strait belongs to Iran. All the bluster in the world won’t change that.

Source -> https://xcancel.com/HalaJaber/status/2045906408860758156#m