{"id":119473,"date":"2026-05-18T14:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/119473\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T14:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:18:08","slug":"iran-maritime-body-warns-unauthorised-transit-through-strait-of-hormuz-is-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/119473\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran maritime body warns unauthorised transit through Strait of Hormuz is illegal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Iran\u2019s Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) has said that all navigation through the designated waters of the Strait of Hormuz must be coordinated with the body, warning that any passage without authorisation will be considered illegal. <\/p>\n<p>According to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mizanonline.ir\/fa\/news\/4898174\/%D8%B9%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AA%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B2-%D9%85%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B7-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%87%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%87-%D8%AE%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AC-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mizan News Agency<\/a>, the PGSA said in a statement on its official account that it is the \u201clegal authority and official representative\u201d of the Islamic Republic of Iran responsible for managing transit through the Strait of Hormuz, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>It added that maritime traffic within the designated area \u2014 the boundaries of which were previously set by Iran\u2019s armed forces and relevant authorities \u2014 is subject to full coordination with the PGSA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNavigation in the designated waters of the Strait of Hormuz is contingent on full coordination with this authority, and passage without permission will be considered illegal,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) has said that all navigation through the designated waters of the Strait&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[26],"tags":[34,40865,8852,10852,39,101],"class_list":["post-119473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-persian-gulf","tag-iran","tag-maritime-authority","tag-navigation","tag-passage","tag-persian-gulf","tag-strait-of-hormuz"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116596015327908615","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119473","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=119473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}