Iran‘s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has offered European and Arab nations free passage through the Strait of Hormuz, but with one condition: they must expel all diplomats representing the United States and Israel from their capitals. The IRGC laid out this policy during a broadcast on state television, putting a heavy diplomatic price on regional navigation.
Iranian military officials made it clear that any nation willing to remove those ambassadors would be guaranteed full freedom to transit the waterway. The Strait of Hormuz is a critical route for international energy markets, connecting Middle Eastern oil producers to the rest of the world.
