Iran claims permanent control over Strait of Hormuz

Tehran (ANTARA) — Iran has established permanent control over shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, said Ebrahim Azizi, Chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian Parliament, to RIA Novosti. ‘Currently, Iran manages the strait according to its own rules and mechanisms. Of course, Iran’s establishment of control and implementation of its management mechanism is permanent, not temporary,’ Azizi stressed. He said the United States must abandon its illusions that Iran’s measures regarding the Strait of Hormuz are local or short-term. ‘Regional countries must also accept this reality and act in accordance with Iran’s rules,’ Azizi said.