After Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that they have taken control of the Strait of Hormuz, the Iranian mission to the United Nations has refuted such reports as “baseless and absurd", and accused the US of endangering maritime security.

“The claim that Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz is baseless and absurd. Iran remains committed to international law and freedom of navigation. In reality, it is the US that has endangered maritime security.

The Iranian mission also condemned a US strike on an Iranian frigate off Sri Lanka, which killed 80 people. It said the US submarine struck the Iranian frigate Dena “without warning" after it was returning from India as a naval guest with 130 sailors aboard.

“This reckless attack violates the fundamental principles of international law and freedom of navigation," it said.

The claim that Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz is baseless and absurd. Iran remains committed to international law and freedom of navigation. In reality, it is the U.S. that has endangered maritime security.Just yesterday, nearly 2,000 miles from Iran’s shores, the Iranian…

— I.R.IRAN Mission to UN, NY (@Iran_UN)March 5, 2026

The remarks came after the IRGC declared the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed over the weekend after the US-Israeli strikes on Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Ships have largely stopped moving through the Strait amid Iranian missile attacks on regional bases.

This move choked off vital Middle East oil and gas flows and caused a steep spike in oil prices. The IRGC warned that the strait is closed to vessels from the United States, Israel, Europe and their Western allies. Analysts warn that such disruption would result in rising global energy costs and a sharp escalation of US gasoline prices.

Why Is Strait Of Hormuz Important?

The Strait of Hormuz is the narrow waterway of the Persian Gulf through which about a fifth of the world’s oil passes. Tankers transiting the strait, bordered in the north by Iran, carry oil and gas from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain, the UAE, and Iran. Most of that oil goes to Asia.

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