Iran\u2019s top security body announced on Monday (May 18, 2026) the formation of a new body to manage the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran has effectively closed and wants to charge ships to traverse. On its official X account, the Supreme National Security Council shared a post for the Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) saying it would provide \u201creal\u2011time updates on the #Hormuz_Strait operations and latest developments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The account of the Revolutionary Guards navy shared the same post. It was not immediately clear what the new body would do but earlier this month Iranian English-speaking broadcaster Press TV said it constituted a \u201csystem to exercise sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz\u201d and that ships passing through the strait were sent \u201cregulations\u201d from the email info@pgsa.ir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Saturday (May 16, 2026), Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian parliament\u2019s national security commission, said Iran \u201chas prepared a professional mechanism to manage traffic\u201d through the strait, adding that it will be \u201cunveiled soon\u201d\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Iran\u2019s top security body announced on Monday (May 18, 2026) the formation of a new body to manage the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran has effectively closed and wants to charge ships to traverse. On its official X account, the Supreme National Security Council shared a post for the Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) saying …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n