Iran warns of sea mine risks in Strait of Hormuz, orders ships to use alternative routes, temporarily reopens the vital oil waterway under a two week truce
Iran US Israel War News Live Updates: Iran announced alternative routes on Thursday (April 9) for ships travelling through the Strait of Hormuz, citing the risk of sea mines in the main zone of the vital waterway.Tehran has agreed to temporarily reopen the strait, through which one-fifth of the world’s oil usually passes, as part of a two-week truce.
“All ships intending to transit the Strait of Hormuz are hereby notified that to comply with the principles of maritime safety and to be protected from possible collisions with sea mines…they should take alternative routes for traffic in the Strait of Hormuz,” Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said in a statement quoted by local media.
The statement shared instructions for an alternative entry and exit route through the strait.
