How both Iran and Oman have economic claims to the Strait of Hormuz
Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Iran is waiting for “final approval” on a proposed framework agreement with Oman for shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media reported yesterday.” A coastal state should not “hamper the innocent passage of foreign ships through the territorial sea,” it says, except in specific outlined scenarios.
However, under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), “ships of all States, whether coastal or land-locked, enjoy the right of innocent passage through the territorial sea.
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