Calls grow for restricting Germany activity in Hormuz Strait
A report published in the semi-official Fars news agency on Tuesday said Iran should impose economic penalties on Germany in response to Berlin’s growing anti-Iran rhetoric.
The report said Iran should increase its tariffs on imports of manufacturing and medical equipment from Germany, which generate significant revenues for the German government and businesses.
It said, however, that Iran can adopt more aggressive economic measures by imposing restrictions on the movement of ships sailing through the Strait of Hormuz that are registered or insured in Germany or those that carry cargoes to German ports.
“Adopting such measures would increase the costs of Germany’s hostile behaviors and reactions against the Iranian nation and would create an economic and political deterrence against other actors seeking to go down the same route,” read part of the report.
Iranian authorities have previously warned that the country would close the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf if it is threatened militarily by hostile powers.
However, restricting the movement of cargo ships has never been tried, nor has it been mentioned in warnings by senior Iranian officials.
In remarks made on June 17, just four days after Israel launched its war of aggression on Iran, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz praised what he described as the “dirty work Israel is doing for all of us”.
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Iran seizes foreign oil tanker in Sea of Oman (+PHOTOS)
According to Mehr News Agency, the Chief Justice of Hormozgan Province, Mojtaba Ghahremani, has announced the seizure of a foreign oil tanker on charges of smuggling 2 million liters of fuel in the Sea of Oman.
Further details, including the vessel’s nationality and destination, were not immediately disclosed.
Ghahremani stated that following continued monitoring of suspicious fuel smuggling activities along Iran’s maritime borders in the Sea of Oman, enforcement agents inspected a foreign oil tanker. Due to incomplete legal documentation for its cargo, the vessel was seized on suspicion of carrying smuggled fuel.
A case has been opened at the relevant bodies in the town of Jask, and the judicial investigation is ongoing.
Ghahremani added that 17 individuals, including the tanker”s captain and crew, have been detained as part of the legal proceedings.
He further noted that authorities are collecting evidence to determine the exact volume of the fuel cargo, conducting sampling and laboratory tests, and verifying the vessel’s documentation. The judicial authority will announce the outcome of the case once the investigation is complete.
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