{"id":111914,"date":"2026-05-13T13:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/111914\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T13:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:54:08","slug":"report-iraq-pakistan-reach-hormuz-shipping-deals-with-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/111914\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Iraq, Pakistan reach Hormuz shipping deals with Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-753a4075=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">Iraq and Pakistan have reached separate agreements with Iran regarding securing crude oil and liquefied natural gas shipments passing through the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p data-v-753a4075=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">According to the report, Iraq secured safe passage for two oil tankers, while Pakistan arranged gas shipments from Qatar along routes approved by Iran.<\/p>\n<p data-v-753a4075=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">The report also claimed that Tehran is shifting its policy from blocking the Strait of Hormuz to controlling access to it, as additional countries consider similar agreements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-753a4075=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">The strategic waterway, which handles approximately 20% of the world&#8217;s oil and liquefied natural gas, has been under Iranian control for months. Tehran&#8217;s actions are seen as a response to US and Israeli military operations, as well as a persistent American blockade of Iranian ports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-753a4075=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/news\/426987\" target=\"_blank\" data-v-753a4075=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Earlier on Wednesday<\/a>, a BBC report said the United Kingdom announced a significant military contribution to a multinational mission designed to protect international shipping and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-753a4075=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">According to the report, Defense Minister John Healey unveiled the package during a virtual summit of defense ministers on Tuesday, signaling Britain&#8217;s commitment to restoring maritime stability in the face of ongoing Iranian interference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-753a4075=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/news\/426821\" target=\"_blank\" data-v-753a4075=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Earlier this week<\/a>, Iranian media outlets affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) have called for imposing &#8220;protection&#8221; payments on the undersea fiber optic cables that pass through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-753a4075=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">The Iranian Tasnim news agency claimed that the cables carry more than $10 trillion in American financial transactions every day, including SWIFT system orders, stock market transactions and money transfers. According to the report, a disruption to the cables could cause widespread disruptions to the internet and the global digital economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iraq and Pakistan have reached separate agreements with Iran regarding securing crude oil and liquefied natural gas shipments&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[2654,34,94,424,650,271,1430,101],"class_list":{"0":"post-111914","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iraq","8":"tag-epic-fury","9":"tag-iran","10":"tag-iraq","11":"tag-irgc","12":"tag-pakistan","13":"tag-qatar","14":"tag-roaring-lion","15":"tag-strait-of-hormuz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116567609346072919","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}