Iranian state media says new video from the Strait of Hormuz confirms that the strategic waterway remains under strict Iranian control.
Video posted to Telegram by Iran’s Fars News Agency show ships passing through what it claims is the Strait of Hormuz after acquiring permission from Tehran to transit into the Persian Gulf.
Fars says entry into this “safe corridor,” designed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy, passes between Larak and Qeshm islands and exits south of Larak, close to the Iranian coastline.
CNN is unable to independently verify the claims about the ships’ passage.
The US has imposed a blockade order that applies to all Iranian ports, both inside and outside of the strait.
After Iran’s foreign minister declared the waterway open on Friday, the IRGC reversed the decision and reimposed the chokehold it has held on the critical passage for the global energy trade since the war broke out.
Tehran has now “returned the Strait of Hormuz to a wartime footing,” completely closing it to all vessels without Iranian authorisation and prohibiting the passage of military vessels, Fars reports.