Trump warns Iran against charging fees in Strait of Hormuz

United States President Donald Trump has  warned Iran against charges fees from vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, just days ahead of peace talks with Tehran in Pakistan. He also asked Iran to stop doing so in case the reports of such fees being charged are true. Reports have indicated that Iran may seek to impose transit fees on vessels moving through the Strait of Hormuz. However, Western leaders have rejected the idea, opposing any requirement for ships to pay such charges. Iran will require ships to pay transit tolls in cryptocurrency to maintain control over the Strait of Hormuz during a two-week ceasefire with the United States, the Financial Times reported, citing Hamid Hosseini, a spokesperson for Iran’s Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters’ Union.
In his spree of posts on Truth Social came another just minutes later in which Trump said that Iran is doing a “very poor job” of letting oil pass through Strait of Hormuz and that it is not in accordance with their agreement. Without giving much detail or context, he wrote, “Iran is doing a very poor job, dishonorable some would say, of allowing Oil to go through the Strait of Hormuz. That is not the agreement we have!”