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Iranian lawmakers approve a strategic plan to formalize control of the Strait of Hormuz and block passage for the US, Israel and other foes, as Washington outlines unprecedented sanctions; shipping data shows tighter traffic, oil prices rise, and Tehran pursues alternative financial avenues while IRGC forces assert maritime control.
The IRGC Navy says four vessels violated safety rules while attempting to exit the Strait of Hormuz via an unsafe route: two ships suffered accidents and stopped, while two others aborted the passage after ignoring warnings. Tehran asserts full control over Hormuz transit and says no oil, gas, or fertilizer will pass without coordination. The report comes amid US airstrikes and port blockades Iran says escalate tensions and violate a prior agreement, with Iran framing Washington as pressing actions near a potential escalation.
ISW and CTP report Iran is escalating attempts to control the Strait of Hormuz through attacks and warnings to ships, including an IRGC Navy strike near Oman, pressuring vessels to use Iran’s traffic scheme and aiming to undermine international safe-passage efforts. The United States and GCC issued a joint statement rejecting tolls or any control of the strait, while Gulf states resist Iranian incentives such as proposed fees that could generate tens of billions annually. The IMO-Oman safe-route initiative challenges Iran’s leverage, and most ships have continued to use alternative routes. Diplomatic channels with Oman and broader US–Iran talks continue, with no clear concessions from Gulf states yet.,”
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Navy seized two container ships, MSC-Francesca and Epaminondas, in the Strait of Hormuz, accusing them of operating without permits and tampering with navigation; the move escalates US-Iran tensions amid a continuing naval blockade and stalled diplomacy as Trump extends the ceasefire and talks in Islamabad struggle.
Israel claims it killed Alireza Tangsiri, head of Iran's IRGC Navy who it says commanded the Strait of Hormuz blockade, and says another IRGC intelligence official Behnam Rezaei was eliminated; Iran has not commented. The US CENTCOM said the death makes the region safer and urged IRGC members to abandon posts, while oil prices rose amid the wider Iran‑Israel war.
Al Jazeera’s investigation into the Feb 28, 2026 attack on a girls’ school in Minab argues the Shajareh Tayyebeh school—once part of a military complex but civilian since 2016—was hit alongside the base while a nearby clinic remained intact. Satellite analysis traces the separate civilian school and clinic entrances, raising questions about whether the strike relied on outdated intelligence or was a deliberate targeting of civilian facilities, a pattern with deadly tolls in Iran and elsewhere; the attack killed about 165 people, mostly girls aged 7–12, and wounded 95, prompting scrutiny under international humanitarian law.