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Iran has provided “free of complaint services” to planetary shipping successful the Strait of Hormuz for decades but is present moving connected a “protocol” to see a fiscal constituent covering costs it incurs to marque navigation harmless successful the Persian Gulf region, said the country’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi successful New Delhi connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026).
Speaking to a prime radical of journalists astatine the Embassy of Iran, Mr. Gharibabadi, who is present for the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting, avoided naming the UAE straight and said “a neighbouring state that is besides a subordinate of the BRICS” is thwarting a associated connection astatine the gathering by trying to present connection that seeks to condemn Iran’s subject strategy against U.S. and Israeli attacks.
“So far, Iran has provided escaped of complaint services successful the Strait of Hormuz. In fact, these services were provided by some Oman and Iran. Now we are moving connected a protocol and statement covering navigation, contamination of the Strait and rescue (in lawsuit of accidents). The protocol has not been finalised yet and we are moving astatine adept level,” said Mr. Gharibabadi.
He said that though the statement volition beryllium “non-discriminatory”, Iran volition not cooperate with countries that are recovered to beryllium supporting the U.S. and Israel. He accused the 2 countries of starting the warfare connected February 28 amid negotiations connected Tehran’s atomic capabilities.
Mr. Gharibabadi assured that the Strait of Hormuz volition stay unfastened to ships linked to India, but said marine postulation volition beryllium affected if the U.S. resumed its attacks connected Iran. He said Iran is not a subordinate of 1982 UNCLOS (UN Convention of the Law of the Sea) and tin spell up with its “protocol” connected the chokepoint. The visiting Minister’s remarks came conscionable days aft U.S. President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s proposals calling them “totally unacceptable”.
Mr. Gharibabadi said that “Iran agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz without preconditions, but the U.S. rejected” arsenic it is unwilling to recognise Iran’s sovereign rights to enrich uranium that is disposable to each members of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. He indicated astatine a “high probability of resumption of U.S. attacks” arsenic negotiations person deed a roadblock implicit Iran’s atomic enrichment. If attacked, “Iran volition support utilizing each capacities”, helium said.
The Minister called upon “friendly countries”, including India, to forestall resumption of hostilities successful West Asia saying, “Iran is not Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, oregon Palestine. A renewed warfare volition person a planetary consequence.”
Mr. Gharibabadi reached Delhi up of Iran Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi to enactment successful the gathering of the Foreign Ministers of the BRICS grouping that faced difficulties earlier successful April 23 erstwhile a gathering of peculiar envoys failed to travel up with a associated connection due to the fact that of differences implicit the connection connected Israeli actions successful West Asia arsenic good arsenic terrorism. He indicated astatine a akin situation is persisting adjacent arsenic Foreign Ministers and dignitaries of subordinate countries are reaching India to be the gathering connected May 14-15.
“We are successful favour of having a associated declaration due to the fact that it is not bully to springiness the denotation that BRICS is divided,” Mr. Gharibabadi said.
He said that arsenic a mediator Pakistan did not enactment successful immoderate substantive treatment and called upon each affable countries to travel up with initiatives. “India excessively tin bring an initiative,” helium said expressing Iran’s tendency to proceed dialog to debar resumption of hostilities successful the Gulf.
