Iran plans to announce exclusion zone near Strait of Hormuz

Summary: Mohsen Rezaei, Iran’s Supreme National Security Council head, said Tehran plans to announce an “exclusion zone” outside the Strait of Hormuz for vessels it believes intend to transit the waterway. He said the zone would start from the line of the U.S. naval blockade and extend toward the Strait and into the Persian Gulf, with ships identified as intending to pass placed on Iran’s sanctions list.