Framing Analysis
Straits Times data show 57 commodity vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz on June 24 and 42 on June 25, with 29 recorded by afternoon on June 26. Roughly half of the June 25 and June 26 transits used the southern Omani passageway. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stated that only routes designated by Iran are authorized, and the IMO suspended an alternative corridor plan.