Anwar confirms Iran granting safe passage for Malaysian oil tankers through Hormuz strait
A map showing the Strait of Hormuz is seen in this illustration in Washington, DC on June 22, 2025. — Reuters pic
Thursday, 26 Mar 2026 8:25 PM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 — Iran is letting Malaysian tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz after talks with Iranian, Turkish and other regional leaders, Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said on Thursday.
Speaking on national television, Anwar said he spoke with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, as well as Egyptian and Turkish counterparts and other leaders in the Gulf region.
“We’re now in the process of releasing the Malaysian oil tankers and the workers involved so that they can continue their journey home,” Anwar said, thanking Pezeshkian.
Anwar added that, thanks to production by Malaysian petroleum giant Petronas, “We are in a far better position.”
Petronas last year produced around two million barrels of oil a day, according to the latest company figures.
But Anwar warned that food supplies will be disrupted and that “prices will certainly rise”.
“The same goes for fertiliser, and of course oil and gas,” Anwar said.
He also announced a range of measures, including a reduction in the quota of subsidised fuel for Malaysian citizens and new diesel purchase limits in the eastern states of Sabah and Sarawak, as part of tighter controls to curb hoarding and smuggling of subsidised fuel. — AFP
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ReplyDeleteSo President Masoud Pezeshkian has the power to let ships pass the Straits? So he must be the one 47 is negotiating with.
It would be heavily ironic , deeply hurtful and damaging if, after all the support Madani has uttered in favour of Iran, tankers carrying crude under contract to Malaysia get hit by Iranian drones or missiles.
ReplyDeleteIranian mines are another matter, as these are indiscriminate weapons by their very nature.
India earlier got their guaranteed tanker safe passage after they quietly let it be known if Indian shipments got hit by Iran, the Iranian warship currently sheltering in an Indian naval base would be Invited to leave...with American nuclear subs prowling in the Indian Ocean.