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Emirati official calls Iranian plan to control the Strait of Hormuz a ‘chimera’ A United Arab Emirates official has railed against the Iranian plan to control the Strait of Hormuz, which covers an area extending to the waters south of the strategic Emirati port of Foujeyra. “The regime [iranien] is trying to impose a new reality born of an obvious military defeat, but attempts to control the Strait of Hormuz or attack the maritime sovereignty of the Emirates are only a chimera,” wrote the advisor to the Emirati president, Anwar Gargash, on X. Tehran has controlled navigation in this strategic sea lane for global hydrocarbon trade since the start of the war in the Middle East, triggered by the Israeli-American attack on February 28. While a ceasefire came into effect on April 8, authorities require boats transiting the strait to obtain permits from the Iranian armed forces. The brand new “Persian Gulf Strait Authority” (Iranian), which now has an official account on She wrote that this area extends “from Kuh-e Mubarak, in Iran, to the south of Fujeyra, in the United Arab Emirates”, concerning the eastern entrance to the strait, and on the west side “from the island of Qechm to Umm Al-Qaiwain, in the Emirates”. “Transit through this area for the purpose of crossing the Strait of Hormuz requires coordination with and authorization of the Persian Gulf Strait Authority,” it is specified. The Emirati port of Foujeyra is home to oil infrastructure aimed at circumventing the blockage of the strait. The United Arab Emirates announced last Friday the acceleration of the construction of a new oil pipeline, the “West-East” pipeline, which should double the capacity of the public oil company Adnoc through the port of Foujeyra and enter service in 2027. A 360-kilometer oil pipeline already connects the oil fields of Habshan, in the west of the Emirates, to Foujeyra, which is located on the Gulf of Oman, south of the Strait of Hormuz. The Foujeyra oil installations have been hit several times since the start of the conflict.
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