Iran is tightening its grip on the Strait of Hormuz, asserting an unprecedented level of control over one of the world’s most strategically important shipping lanes through a new transit regime. Just days after launching the so-called Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA), Iran published a map on X declaring a vast “controlled maritime zone” across the waterway, warning ships they would need Iranian authorisation to pass through it. The zone stretches from Kuh-e Mubarak in Iran to south of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, at the eastern entrance of the strait, and from the tip of Qeshm Island to…
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