The same permission was granted to other countries that Tehran considers "its friends" — among them China, Iraq, India, Pakistan, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told the Iranian agency Tasnim.

Tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, photo Getty Images
At the same time, according to him, Iran "has no reason to allow the enemy to pass through the strait".
Earlier, Iranian news agencies reported that Iranian authorities had warned the International Maritime Organization about allowing "all ships except those belonging to enemies" to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
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