No payments are being made for the safe transit of Indian tankers out of the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, and no permission is required from Iran either for the passage, although given the prevailing situation in West Asia, movements are being made based on safety assessments, a senior government official said on Tuesday. There has been considerable speculation that for ships to transit the fraught waters of the Strait of Hormuz—a critical maritime chokepoint between Iran and Oman—they are being required to seek specific permissions from Tehran. There was also speculation that certain vessels have had to pay millions of dollars to the Iranian authorities to cross the strait; Iran on its part has dismissed such claims.
2026-03-25
