Iran's strait authority to facilitate ships' passage through Hormuz

Iran's Supreme National Security Council said in a statement on Thursday that the country's Persian Gulf Strait Authority will take measures to issue fast authorisations to ships wanting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz as per the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by Tehran and Washington.

Measures on mine clearance will be carried out under the Islamabad MoU, though ships are advised to stick to the path and timing allocated by the authority, the statement published by state media added.

Meanwhile, the maritime security threat level in the Strait of Hormuz has been reduced to moderate, said the US-led Combined Maritime Forces' Joint Maritime Information Centre.