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Iran is moving unilaterally to tighten its grip on the Strait of Hormuz \u2014 and to start collecting revenue from it \u2013 even as it negotiates with the U.S. and its Gulf neighbors over future management of the waterway.<\/p>\n

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Iran’s top insurance regulator, Mousa Rezaei, announced Sunday that a new insurance company has been created specifically for the strait, according to Iranian state media, and days earlier, the Persian Gulf Strait Authority \u2014 an entity Iran established in May \u2014 began requiring vessels to register and carry a new mandatory Iranian insurance policy, reported the New York Times.<\/p>\n

For now, that coverage is free, but shipping experts say the 60-day free period is telling. That matches the length of the cease-fire and free-passage guarantees in last week’s U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding ending the war and reopening the strait.<\/p>\n

Once that window closes, maritime historian Salvatore Mercogliano said, Iran could begin charging vessels for “insurance” against risks \u2014 attacks, detained mariners \u2014 that didn’t exist before Iran itself created them by striking commercial ships earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Richard Meade, editor of Lloyd’s List, called the arrangement effectively a toll by another name, designed to get ahead of the broader negotiations over the strait’s security framework that Vice President JD Vance said are still to come.<\/p>\n

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International law generally bars charging tolls for mere passage through a strait, though fees for actual services \u2014 like tugging waste disposal \u2014 can be legitimate. Iran has not specified what services its new insurance would provide, and the International Maritime Organization said the scheme has not been submitted to it and carries no basis in international law allowing mandatory fees or tolls.<\/p>\n

The maneuver also creates a trap for shippers. The U.S. Treasury sanctioned the Persian Gulf Strait Authority in May, accusing Iran of trying to monetize attacks on vessels through extortion, and has warned that paying the authority could itself trigger sanctions \u2014 leaving companies caught between Iranian demands and U.S. enforcement.<\/p>\n

The result, Meade said, is that shippers remain stuck in limbo, unable to return to how transit worked before the war and unable to know what rules will govern it next. The Persian Gulf Strait Authority did not respond to a request for comment by the outlet.<\/p>\n

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