US warns shippers against paying Strait of Hormuz tolls

The United States has warned that any shippers paying tolls or other fees to Iran for passage through the Strait of Hormuz risk being sanctioned. This warning comes as a US naval blockade of the strait continues for its third week amid stalled US-Iran ceasefire talks. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called the ongoing siege on the country’s ports 'intolerable.'