https://hormuz.net/tags/maritime-security/ Recent content in Maritime Security on Hormuz.net Hugo en-us Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://hormuz.net/washington-makes-the-toll-the-crime/ Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://hormuz.net/washington-makes-the-toll-the-crime/ <p>The United States has stopped arguing with Iran over who controls the Strait of Hormuz and started prosecuting the transaction itself. On May 27, the Treasury Department added Iran&rsquo;s Persian Gulf Strait Authority to the Specially Designated Nationals list under Executive Order 13224, the counterterrorism authority reserved for entities that finance terror. The designation does not contest Tehran&rsquo;s claim to administer the strait. It renders the act of buying passage a sanctionable offense, and in doing so it inverts the entire logic of the toll regime.</p>