Iran restores ‘strict management’ of Hormuz Strait as US blockade persists

 https://thehill.com/policy/international/5837564-iran-strict-control-strait-of-hormuz-us-blockade/

The Iranian regime said early Saturday that it is resuming “strict” control over the Strait of Hormuz amid the U.S.’s naval blockade in the critical trading corridor and as the fragile two-week ceasefire nears its end.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that the strait would return to its “previous state” and will be “under the strict management and control” of their military forces. 

The IRGC confirmed Saturday that it fired at two vessels in the waterway that “tried to bypass Iran’s authority.” This comes a day after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared that the strait was “completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire” for all commercial ships.