Iran MP: US blockade a 'joke' after tanker passage

Seyyed Mahmoud Nabavian, a senior Iranian MP, has detailed the conditions under which Iran is allowing commercial shipping to resume through the Strait of Hormuz. He stated the decision to open the strait was made in exchange for collecting transit fees, and that this process is now underway. The opening was explicitly conditioned on a ceasefire being met in both Iran and Lebanon, a condition Nabavian says has now been fulfilled. This statement provides Iran's official rationale for the recent resumption of maritime traffic through the critical chokepoint.