Middle East peace agreement: Iran contradicts Trump and announces that it will charge fees for maritime “services” in Hormuz

The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated this Monday that the Islamic republic will charge fees to ships passing through the Strait of Hormuzunder the agreement with the United States.

“We have always stated that We are not seeking to collect tolls. of transit, but fees will be charged for navigation servicesenvironmental protection, marine insurance and other necessary services,” said foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baqai in a press conference.

The Iranian statement half contradicts what the president stated Donald Trump on Sunday, and which was ratified today by his vice president, JD Vance. And it could be a merely grammatical question, but it is fundamental when it comes to transit through a maritime passage that serves to transport orn 20% of the crude oil sold worldwide.

The difference appears to be between the word “toll,” which is what Washington officials use, and “rate,” which is how the Iranian foreign ministry referred to what it wants to charge for ships passing through Hormuz.

“I hereby fully authorize the free opening of the Strait of Hormuz and, simultaneously, I authorize the immediate withdrawal of the naval blockade of the United States,” Trump wrote on Sunday in a post on his social network, Truth Social.

This Monday, the American president reaffirmed his optimism with a new publication in Truth Social. “The ships begin to leave, many loaded with oilfrom the Strait of Hormuz,” said Trump, on his way to the G7 summit in France.

Vance’s statements this Monday were in the same sense. “We hope that the strait opens without tolls long term, and that is the type of issue that we are going to address in these technical negotiations”, which must begin for a period of two months starting on Friday, said the vice.

The one who intervened on the issue was the president of France, becoming spokesperson for Europe’s position – hit by the rise in energy prices that meant the closure of Hormuz due to the war – considering that reopening the strait with a toll would constitute “a step backwards.”

“Obviously, that’s not what we want at all, because it would set a precedent. There are many other straits in the world: if we charge tolls every time, what will be the consequence? They will increase prices for everyone,” he explained Emmanuel Macron in an interview with TF1 television a few hours before the G7 summit begins in the French city of Evian.