An informed source, in an interview with Nournews, referred to a new protocol that has been drafted and issued for vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and stated: The issuance of permits for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz for friendly countries will be carried out solely upon payment of security provision fees, and no country will be exempt from this requirement.

He further noted the country's strategy to compensate part of the damages resulting from enemy aggression through the collection of Strait of Hormuz security fees, adding: The implementation of the new protocol will be carried out rigorously for all non-hostile countries, including friendly states.

The American news agency Bloomberg today published a report about enabling Iraqi ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, attempting to normalize the situation in the Strait in order to influence the upward trend in oil prices, which had intensified particularly following recent threatening remarks by Donald Trump.