Svmuu News: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Baghaei stated that the measures Iran has taken to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz serve both to safeguard national security and align with the common interests of the international community. Iran must receive compensation for the services it provides in the Strait of Hormuz. A recording of the ship-to-ship public radio channel provided by a sailor aboard a merchant vessel near the Strait of Hormuz shows that on the evening of the 13th local time, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy issued a warning to vessels in the vicinity, ordering them not to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. The recording indicates that the IRGC Navy addressed all vessels in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, stating that the Strait of Hormuz had been completely closed and that any vessel passing through the strait would be “dealt with decisively.” The broadcast also instructed all vessels not to move within the Strait of Hormuz until further notice. Naboyan, Vice Chairman of Iran’s National Security Council, had previously stated that according to the text of the Iran-U.S. memorandum of understanding he had reviewed, all commercial vessels would resume passage through the Strait of Hormuz without any restrictions. (Xinhua)