Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Will Have 'Fees'

[applegrove]

Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Will Have ‘Fees’

June 16, 2026 at 5:43 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 36 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/06/16/iran-says-strait-of-hormuz-will-have-fees/

“Though President Trump declared on Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz would reopen and be ‘permanently toll-free,’ Iran indicated on Monday that it intended to charge fees for unspecified services in the strait,” the New York Times reports.

“The net effect — paying for passage through the vital waterway for global energy supplies, which was not required before the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran — could add expense and complications for commercial shipping in the waterway, and set a dangerous precedent for shipping in international waters worldwide.”

[pfitz59]

1. Countries bordering international straits cannot charge 'tolls'

per 'international' law. Of course Trump and his gang of misfits fired all the competent lawyers.

[Lovie777]

2. Nevertheless...............

Iran is still on top of this whatever it is.

[MichMan]

3. Why isn't the UN doing anything?

[VMA131Marine]

4. The UN can issue a sternly worded statement ...

but Russia would probably veto it.

The UN is not the World Police. It can facilitate negotiations but it’s not going to prevent Iran from charging fees. And neither, apparently, is the Trump Administration. This is the consequence of electing an idiot as President.

How many times has Trump threatened to completely destroy Iran over the last several weeks and then totally backed down? I’ve lost count. But in the process the US has lost all credibility as a threat to force Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz. Trump’s brain knows only one tactic (badly); he is not a strategic thinker. His tactic is to issue threats to get what he wants because he doesn’t have a concept of the win-win scenario. Plus he seems to think only in two week increments. If a doctor told him he had three weeks to live he would think that was an eternity.

[MichMan]

6. Since they haven't even done that, seems like they are pretty much useless

What are the blue helmets used for?

[VMA131Marine]

7. The blue helmets are for peacekeeping missions

They have been deployed effectively on numerous occasions and there are a number of ongoing missions most of which you probably haven’t heard about because they have been effective.

There are currently 11 active United Nations peacekeeping operations deployed across Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia.These 11 missions include:

Africa:
MINUSCA: United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic
MONUSCO: United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
MINURSO: United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
UNMISS: United Nations Mission in South Sudan
UNISFA: United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei

Asia:
UNMOGIP: United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan

Europe:
UNFICYP: United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
UNMIK: United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

Middle East:
UNTSO: United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
UNDOF: United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (Golan)
UNIFIL: United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

[Cosmocat]

5. That really isn't what it was set up to do

nm