Sometimes you hear people claim that Iran doesn’t have the right to interfere with ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz because parts of the Strait of Hormuz would be part of International waters. This obiviously is not the case as Professor Foad Izadi explains (1), which is also backed by a LLM-analysis (2).

Here’s a fragment from an interview with Rachel Blevins from April 11, 2026, in which Professor Izadi provides the background to why the Strait of Hormuz is fully part of the territorial waters of both Iran and Oman.

FOOTNOTES
(1) BREAKING: U.S. DESTROYER HALTS STRAIT OF HORMUZ BREACH + ISLAMABAD TALKS BEGIN | Foad Izadi
(2) Does the Strait of Hormuz have any International Waters?
(3) 40 Nations Come Together, Demand Iran Reopen Strait Of Hormuz as Oil …

The image on top is from (3).