No country can "prohibit the freedom of navigation" on international waterways, the chief of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Arsenio Dominguez, told Euronews amid an ongoing standoff between Washington and Tehran over the passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.
Asked about the US Navy’s blockade of Iranian ports, which began this week, Dominguez told Euronews there is "no international law agreement that allows any country to prohibit the freedom of navigation on straits used for international navigation," calling for rapid de-escalation in the conflict gripping the Middle East to reinstate shipping transit.
