Iran allows several Iraqi oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iran’s state news agency IRNA. The move follows repeated requests from Baghdad through multiple channels, with IRNA describing the permission as special authorization for Iraqi shipping.
Several outlets connect the decision to Iraqi demands raised during visits between officials in Tehran and Baghdad. Free Malaysia Today and others report that obtaining the permission is one of Baghdad’s key requests during a trip by Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf (also spelled Ghalibaf) to Iraq, and that Iraqi parliament speaker Haibat al-Halbousi urged the request. Al-Monitor and Cyprus Mail cite the same IRNA account.
France 24 also reports additional regional context: the United States and Iran exchange defiant messages ahead of a Monday scheduled announcement of new US economic sanctions. That report frames the tanker permission within a broader, escalating backdrop involving sanctions and statements between Washington and Tehran. Other sources focus more narrowly on the shipping decision itself.
