00:00Now we delve deeper into Iran's priorities.
00:03More specifically, how does Tehran view the control over the Strait of Hormuz?
00:07Now, according to an analyst, the strait is considered a national security redline
00:12rather than a means of generating revenue from global shipping.
00:16Dr. Syed Emamian of Tehran Polytechnic University says Iran's principal objective
00:21was to ensure that the strategic waterway could not again be used
00:25to facilitate a military build-up against the country.
00:27Because you know that the war on February 28th started by attacking Iranian territories
00:38and Iranian cities, killing hundreds of the schoolchildrens, assassinating Iranian high-ranking
00:49politicians and cultural religious figures by using some U.S. and Israeli bases
01:01inside Iranian neighboring Arab countries around the Persian Gulf.
01:08And those bases were being militarily built up using the Strait of the Hormuz.
01:16So, having Iranian arrangements implemented in the Strait of the Hormuz is the only way
01:24that you could guarantee that the Strait won't be used again against the Iranian national security.
01:32The Strait of Hormuz lies between Iran and Oman and is one of the world's most important maritime choke points.
01:39About one-fifth of global oil supplies normally passes through the waterway,
01:43making any disruption a major risk to energy markets and international trade.
01:48Iran and Oman have reached an understanding on the geographical coordinates of a proposed shipping route
01:53through the Strait, although the final terms are still being negotiated.
01:57The arrangement under discussion could place vessels entering the Gulf on a route overseen by Iran
02:02while outbound ships would travel through waters closer to Oman.
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