{"id":1202,"date":"2026-05-26T19:41:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T19:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/2026\/05\/26\/us-has-no-authority-to-meddle-in-hormuz-iranian-professor\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T19:41:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T19:41:29","slug":"us-has-no-authority-to-meddle-in-hormuz-iranian-professor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=1202","title":{"rendered":"US has no authority to meddle in Hormuz \u2013 Iranian professor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington chose to bring war into a region nearly 7,000 miles from its borders, Foad Izadi told RT<\/strong><\/p>\n

The US has \u201cno responsibility\u201d<\/em> to intervene in the management of the Strait of Hormuz, located nearly 11,000 km (6,835 miles) from its borders, University of Tehran political communication professor Foad Izadi has told RT.<\/p>\n

The strategic waterway has become a major sticking point in US-Iran peace talks, with Washington maintaining a blockade on Iranian ports and Tehran establishing control over naval traffic and charging for passage through the strait.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe US has no responsibility in this part of the world. The US is a coastal state to the Gulf of Mexico\u2026 almost 11,000 kilometers away,\u201d<\/em> Izadi told RT in an interview on Tuesday, insisting that only Iran has the responsibility to \u201cprovide security\u201d<\/em> in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

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There are no international waters in the key freight corridor, as it is divided between Iranian and Omani territorial waters under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), he said.<\/p>\n

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There are legal precedents for nations charging fees from vessels traversing their territorial waters, Izadi said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAustralia, Canada, Denmark, Turkey, they all collect fees for countries that are members of the UNCLOS\u2026 They call it pilotage fees,\u201d<\/em> he said, adding that some charges are imposed for \u201cenvironmental reasons.\u201d<\/em> Countries like T\u00fcrkiye, which isn\u2019t a signatory to the convention, \u201cjust call it passage fee,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n

Izadi stressed that there is \u201cno legal prohibition\u201d<\/em> on Tehran from doing the same.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince Iran wants to be friendly, they are going to do what Australia and Canada and Denmark are doing already,\u201d <\/em>he said.<\/p>\n

Watch the full interview below:<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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