Iran has allowed oil tankers bound for Bangladesh, along with several other countries considered\u00a0\u201cfriendly\u201d\u00a0or\u00a0\u201cnon-hostile”\u00a0to pass through the Strait of Hormuz despite ongoing regional tensions that have disrupted global shipping.<\/p>\n
A senior Foreign Ministry official told\u00a0Anadolu\u00a0that oil tankers bound for Bangladesh were allowed to cross Hormuz.<\/p>\n
Another ministry official said there had\u00a0been no \u201cformal communication from Iran\u201d specifically granting access, but clarified that Bangladeshi vessels were \u201cnot subject to any restriction\u201d.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that ships from several countries, including China, Russia, Pakistan, Iraq\u00a0and India, had recently passed through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
Araghchi added that other nations, including Bangladesh, were also among those coordinating with Tehran for transit and that such arrangements would continue in the future, even after the war.<\/p>\n
The ministry official in Dhaka, who preferred to remain anonymous because he was not allowed to speak to the media, noted that Bangladesh was not considered a hostile state, aligning with Iran\u2019s stated policy of allowing transit for \u201cnon-hostile vessels\u201d.<\/p>\n
The move follows Iran\u2019s broader position that vessels not involved in hostile actions can transit the strategic waterway under coordination with its authorities.<\/p>\n
Countries such as China,\u00a0India\u00a0and Pakistan are also understood to be among those benefitting from this selective access, as Tehran maintains restrictions on ships linked to its adversaries.<\/p>\n
For Bangladesh, the development is significant because the country relies heavily on\u00a0fuel imports\u00a0routed through the strait, which currently faces reduced traffic due to Iran’s restrictions after Tehran took complete control.<\/p>\n
Earlier, reports had emerged that Dhaka-based Iranian Ambassador Jalil Rahimi Jahanabadi had asked Bangladesh to provide advance information about its fuel-carrying vessels.<\/p>\n
The situation comes amid heightened\u00a0conflict in the Middle East,\u00a0which has significantly curtailed movement through Hormuz — through which a substantial share of the world\u2019s oil supply typically flows.<\/p>\n
Bangladesh imports some 63% of its energy supplies from Gulf countries such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Iraq.<\/p>\n
Bangladesh relies on liquefied natural gas (LNG), with approximately 64-75% coming from\u00a0Qatar, its largest supplier, according to sources in Petrobangla, a government-owned oil, gas, and mineral exploration and distribution corporation in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n
Bangladesh spent about $6.1 billion on oil imports and nearly $3.9b\u00a0on LNG last fiscal, bringing the total major energy import cost to over\u00a0$10b\u00a0annually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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