Al Jazeera: Iran exempted the ships of four countries from the restrictions of the Strait of Hormuz.
According to Al Jazeera, ships from India, China, Iraq and Qatar have been exempted from traffic restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz. Rozva Farsit, a researcher at Lund University, said that Iran is trying to use this mechanism to find ways to circumvent the American blockade and to get in and out of essential goods and services.