Shippers Warned to Stay Away From Iranian Waters Over Seizure Threat

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : The Strait of Hormuz is in the territorial waters of Iran and Oman, which at its narrowest point is just 33 kilometers (20.5 miles) wide.
45% : Already, the U.S. is exploring plans to put armed troops on commercial ships in the strait to deter Iran amid a buildup of troops, ships and aircraft in the region.
44% : Those assaults resumed in late April, when Iran seized a ship carrying oil for Chevron Corp. and another tanker called the Niovi in May.
43% : Western-backed maritime forces in the Middle East on Saturday warned shippers traveling through the strategic Strait of Hormuz to stay as far away from Iranian territorial waters as possible to avoid being seized, a stark advisory amid heightened tensions between Iran and the United States.
43% : A similar warning went out to shippers earlier this year ahead of Iran seizing two tankers traveling near the strait, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, through which 20% of the world's oil passes.
43% : Iran through its state media did not acknowledge any new plans to interdict vessels in the strait.
40% : While Iran and the U.S. now near an apparent deal that would see billions of Iranian assets held in South Korea unfrozen in exchange for the release of five Iranian Americans detained in Tehran, the warning shows that the tensions remain high at sea.
37% : Iran's mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
14% : There has been a wave of attacks on ships attributed to Iran since 2019, following the Trump administration unilaterally withdrawing the United States from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and re-imposing crushing sanctions on Tehran.

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