The shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz are located primarily in Omani territorial waters, and partially in Iranian territorial waters, but they are governed by international maritime law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Iran’s powerful naval force has the ability to exert a significant amount of control over the strait, as it has done during the 2026 Iran war. International forces have intervened in the past to guarantee safe passage, but the strait’s proximity to the Iranian coastline, and especially Iran’s naval bases and other military assets, gives Iran an advantage in dominating the strait.
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