Iran eyes new shipping rules for strategic Hormuz Strait

Hamidreza Haji-Babaei, deputy speaker of Iran’s parliament, said lawmakers have reviewed a plan to regulate ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and that a “powerful resolution” would be approved on the issue, Iran International reports.

Haji-Babaei said the plan has “various dimensions,” without providing further details on its provisions.

He also stated that Tehran had warned the United States and Israel that if their attacks on Lebanon did not stop, Iran would respond and close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

By Vafa Guliyeva