Iran's Revolutionary Guard says ships can now pass through the Strait of Hormuz - BERITAJA

A instrumentality vessel sits astatine anchor arsenic a mini motorboat passes successful the foreground successful the Strait of Hormuz disconnected Bandar Abbas, Iran, connected May 2. Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP

Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP

Iran's Revolutionary Guard says safe transition done the Strait of Hormuz will beryllium provided aft President Trump said he was pausing "Project Freedom," successful which the U.S. subject guided merchant vessels done the strategical waterway.

The Guard's navy bid said successful a station connected societal media that it will nary longer artifact the transition of shipping done the Strait of Hormuz. Traffic done the strait has been efficaciously closed since the U.S. and Israel launched their onslaught connected Iran connected Feb. 28, causing economical disruption about the world.

"We definitive our acknowledgment to the captains and owners of ships stationed successful the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman for their practice successful transiting done the Strait of Hormuz successful accordance pinch Iranian regulations and for the desirable information of vessels successful the location maritime security," the online connection said.

"With the extremity of the aggressors' threats and successful the protector of caller procedures, the anticipation of safe and sustainable transition done the strait will beryllium provided."

The connection came hours aft President Trump said he was suspending the effort that began Monday the U.S. Navy helping 2 U.S.-flagged merchant ships done the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. subject said the cognition had travel nether occurrence from the Iranians and that respective Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboats were sunk.

The Revolutionary Guard connection did not specify what it meant by "new procedures."

This is simply a processing communicative that will beryllium updated.