Former US negotiator: Iran can forego collecting transit fees from the Strait of Hormuz while retaining the right to levy them

According to Shargh newspaper, Reuters wrote in a report that six months after the clash that unsettled markets and brought the Persian Gulf to the brink of a wider war, Washington is trying to achieve goals through intensified economic pressure on Iran that, the report says, it did not achieve through military force. Dennis Ross, a former U.S. negotiator, said Iran could forgo any demand for levies on passage through the Strait of Hormuz, while at the same time retaining its right to charge fees for legitimate navigation, security, or environmental services./ Shafaqna