\n Three Pakistani oil tankers have crossed the Strait of Hormuz in the past ten days, according to Pakistani shipping sources and ship-tracking data, suggesting Iran may be granting safe passage for some oil shipments.\n <\/p>\n
\n The latest Pakistani tanker to cross the strait was the \u2018Karachi,\u2019 one of the sources, from the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC), told CNN on the condition of anonymity.\n <\/p>\n
\n It is \u201cvery likely\u201d that safe passage has been \u201ccoordinated with the Iranians,\u201d the source said.\n <\/p>\n
\n Ship tracking data from MarineTraffic showed that the oil tanker transited through the strait on Sunday evening, hugging the Iranian coastline.\n <\/p>\n
\n MarineTraffic said the tanker was sailing within Iran\u2019s exclusive economic zone and broadcasting its automatic identification system (AIS) signal, \u201csuggesting that select shipments may be receiving negotiated safe passage.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Qamar Cheema, the executive director of the Sanober Institute, a research organization in Islamabad, told CNN that one can \u201csafely assume\u201d that Pakistan used its diplomatic channels for Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards to get a deal for its vessels to pass through.\n <\/p>\n
\n Iran \u201cunderstands Pakistan\u2019s economic concerns,\u201d and it is unlikely that Islamabad had to make any concessions to Iran due to the \u201cstate and societal level support for Iran from Pakistan,\u201d he said.\n <\/p>\n
\n CNN has reached out to the Pakistani foreign ministry for comment.\n <\/p>\n
\n Iran has repeatedly said the strait is only blocked for traffic from its enemies and their allies.\n <\/p>\n
\n On Monday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi praised Pakistan on X, extending his \u201cheartfelt gratitude\u201d for Pakistan\u2019s \u201cfull-throated expression of solidarity and support\u201d for Iran.\n <\/p>\n
\n On Thursday, Pakistan\u2019s foreign ministry said Islamabad has \u201can open channel of communication\u201d with Iran.\n <\/p>\n
\n Farida Elsebai contributed.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three Pakistani oil tankers have crossed the Strait of Hormuz in the past ten days, according to Pakistani…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-342190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}