Yes. On September 6, 2026, Mohsen Rezaei, the new head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said Tehran plans to announce an “exclusion zone” outside the Strait of Hormuz in the coming days.
He said the zone would begin from the line of the U.S. naval blockade, extend toward the strait, and continue into the Persian Gulf, and that any ship identified entering with the intention of transiting Hormuz would be placed on Iran’s sanctions list. The remarks came a day after U.S. forces struck three Iranian oil tankers following Iranian ballistic missile attacks on U.S. warships.
Source: The Hindu / AP