Iran’s newly established Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) has condemned US sanctions imposed on the body and said it will continue reviewing transit requests and issuing passage permits for vessels using the Strait of Hormuz.
The statement came after the US Treasury Department sanctioned the authority on Wednesday, accusing it of acting on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and collecting what Washington described as illegitimate tolls from commercial vessels passing through the strategic waterway.
In a statement issued on Friday, the PGSA said the sanctions would not help the United States gain control of the Strait of Hormuz.
“You failed to gain control of the Strait of Hormuz through military means and diplomacy, and you will not achieve it through sanctions either,” the authority said.
The body also criticised the sanctions, saying it considered being targeted by a country “whose president boasts about piracy” as a sign of its positive performance.
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