May 16, Kathmandu – Ibrahim Azizi, head of Iran’s National Security Commission, announced the development of a new professional traffic management system for the Strait of Hormuz. He stated that this system has been designed to safeguard Iran’s national sovereignty and ensure the security of international trade, with new routes and traffic protocols being established in the strategic waterway. Azizi mentioned that the system will be made public soon.
“This system will exclusively benefit commercial vessels engaged in transit and Iran’s allied parties,” he noted on the X platform. “Services provided under this system will be subject to applicable fees.” Targeting the United States, he added that the route would remain closed to those “operating under so-called freedom campaigns.” The U.S. had previously launched ‘Project Freedom’ aimed at normalizing oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz and stabilizing the global economy. As part of this initiative, the U.S. claims to assist vessels trapped in the strait to safely exit the Gulf region.
