{"id":19512,"date":"2026-03-14T19:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T19:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/19512\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T19:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T19:48:08","slug":"any-country-except-for-us-and-israel-can-pass-through-strait-of-hormuz-iranian-foreign-minister-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/19512\/","title":{"rendered":"Any country except for US and Israel can pass through Strait of Hormuz, Iranian Foreign Minister says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran said Saturday that all\u00a0 countries besides the US and Israel may <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/14\/world-news\/many-countries-to-send-war-ships-to-keep-strait-of-hormuz-open-and-safe-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pass through the Strait of Hormuz<\/a>, in a desperate attempt at coalition busting less than a day after the US bombed military targets on its oil-critical Kharg Island.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a matter of fact, the Strait of Hormuz is open,\u201d Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is only closed to the tankers and ships belong[ing] to our enemies, to those who are attacking us and their allies. Others are free to pass,\u201d Araghchi told MS NOW.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38780167\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/luojiashan-tanker-sits-anchored-muscat-123485727.jpg\" alt=\"Several tanker ships, including the Luojiashan, anchored in Muscat.\" class=\"wp-image-38780167\"  \/>A top Iranian diplomat said Saturday that all countries other than the US and Israel can have their ships pass through the Strait of Hormuz. REUTERS<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.79980469;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38780181\" width=\"472\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/infographic-map-gulf-strait-hormuz-123566317.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic map of the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz showing incidents and attacks on commercial ships, categorized as oil tankers or other ships.\" class=\"wp-image-38780181\"  \/>\u201cAs a matter of fact, this strait of Hormuz is open,\u201d Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>President Trump has threatened to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/13\/us-news\/us-obliterates-every-military-target-on-irans-kharg-island-in-historic-bombing-raid-trump-says\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">destroy Iran\u2019s oil infrastructure on\u00a0 Kharg Island<\/a> energy hub \u2014 through which\u00a0 90% of its oil exports pass \u2014 if it refuses to allow safe passage.<\/p>\n<p>Araghchi noted that many ships \u201cprefer\u201d not to undertake the journey due to \u201csecurity concerns,\u201d but insisted, \u201cthis has nothing to do with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I can say that <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/14\/us-news\/keeping-strait-of-hormuz-safe-from-deadly-iran-drones-mines-could-take-months-with-high-tech-help\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Strait<\/a> is not closed, but it is only closed to American, Israeli, you know, ships and tankers, and not to others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two Indian-flagged tankers carrying <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/14\/lifestyle\/gas-prices-are-up-only-4-states-are-paying-less-than-3-per-gallon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">liquefied petroleum gas<\/a> crossed the Strait, Reuters reported Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u201cThey crossed the Strait of Hormuz safely early this morning and are en route to India,\u201d Rajesh Kumar Sinha, the minister of ports and shipping in New Delhi, said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Sixteen ships operating in and around the Gulf and Strait of Hormuz have been attacked since the war started Feb. 28 , according to UK Maritime Trade Operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iran said Saturday that all\u00a0 countries besides the US and Israel may pass through the Strait of Hormuz,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[38,34,37,213,445,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-19512","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-iran","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-oil","12":"tag-trade","13":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116229262743875627","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19512","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=19512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}