{"id":5946,"date":"2026-04-20T11:40:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T08:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/?p=5946"},"modified":"2026-04-20T11:40:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T08:10:30","slug":"aref-one-cannot-restrict-irans-oil-exports-while-expecting-free-security-for-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/aref-one-cannot-restrict-irans-oil-exports-while-expecting-free-security-for-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Aref: One cannot restrict Iran\u2019s oil exports while expecting free security for others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"summary introtext\">First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref says Iran providing security for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway linking the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, is not free of charge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tehran &#8211; IranView24<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"item-body\">\n<div class=\"item-text\">\n<p>One cannot restrict Iran\u2019s oil exports while expecting free security for others, Aref wrote on his X on Monday, referring to the illegal U.S. maritime blockade in international water aimed at restricting Iranian vessels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe choice is clear: either a free oil market for\u00a0all,\u00a0or the risk of significant costs\u00a0for everyone,\u201d\u00a0he said, adding that \u201cStability in global fuel prices depends on a guaranteed and lasting end to\u00a0economic and military pressure against Iran and its allies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Aref said the Islamic Republic would maintain its wartime achievements, especially in the Strait of Hormuz that would allow the country not to wait for the lifting of illegal sanctions make them practically ineffective.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Armed Forces tightened oversight of the strait and restored its previous status, with zero passes of ships after the United States continued its \u201crepeated breaches of commitments\u201d and engaged in \u201cpiracy and maritime theft under the so-called blockade.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref says Iran providing security for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway linking the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, is not free of charge. Tehran &#8211; IranView24 One cannot restrict Iran\u2019s oil exports while expecting free security for others, Aref wrote on his X [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":5947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,38,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-government","category-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5948,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5946\/revisions\/5948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}