{"id":2000108085,"date":"2026-04-10T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T07:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000108085"},"modified":"2026-04-10T09:53:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T07:53:26","slug":"trump-threatens-iran-over-tanker-transit-fees-in-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/trump-threatens-iran-over-tanker-transit-fees-in-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump threatens Iran over tanker transit fees in Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“There are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait — They better not be and, if they are, they better stop now!” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A day earlier, Trump told ABC News he is weighing to set up a “joint venture” with Iran to charge tolls from vessels passing through the crucial waterway through which about 20 percent of global oil is transported, calling it “a beautiful thing.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also said on social media on Wednesday that “big money” could be made by the U.S. “helping with the traffic buildup in the Strait of Hormuz.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iran demands oil tankers pay a transit toll of 1 U.S. dollar per barrel for passing through the strait, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marine traffic in the strait remained at a trickle. For the first time since the ceasefire was reached on Tuesday, two non-Iranian oil tankers were tracked crossing the strait, The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing ship-tracking firm Kpler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened Iran to stop charging fees to tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz if the country is doing so.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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