Iran limits traffic to 15 vessels daily through Strait of Hormuz, no ‘status quo’ return: Report

Iran will allow no more than 15 vessels per day to transit the Strait of Hormuz under a two-week ceasefire with the United States, Russia’s TASS news agency reported late Thursday, citing a senior Iranian source.

“Under the current ceasefire, fewer than 15 ships per day are permitted to transit the Strait of Hormuz,” TASS quoted the person as saying, adding that movements would be subject to Iranian approval and a protocol overseen by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). “There will be no return to the pre-war status quo.”

The reported restrictions come as a fragile truce, announced earlier this week, showed signs of strain following Israeli strikes in Lebanon that Iran said disrupted progress toward reopening the waterway.

According to the report, Tehran views the unfreezing of its blocked assets as a “critical executive guarantee” that must be realised within the two-week ceasefire window.

Iran also wants any end to hostilities to be formalised through a United Nations Security Council resolution on its terms.

“If the termination of the war is not codified into a UN Security Council resolution … we are fully prepared to resume combat against the United States and the Zionist regime with even greater intensity,” the person mentioned above said.

Tehran has also insisted that Washington should not increase troop deployments during the ceasefire period, while maintaining that it remains committed to agreed terms on uranium enrichment, the report added.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would suspend military strikes on Iran for two weeks, citing what he described as a “workable” 10-point proposal from Tehran and mediation efforts by Pakistan.

Iranian officials have said their proposal includes demands for a US commitment to non-aggression, recognition of Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz, acceptance of its uranium enrichment programme and sanctions relief, along with a halt to hostilities across regional fronts, including involving allied groups such as Hezbollah in Lebanon.

However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the ceasefire did not extend to Lebanon, and Israeli forces launched extensive strikes on Beirut and other areas shortly after the truce announcement.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who played the mediator's role, said the agreement covered “an immediate ceasefire everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere,” but US Vice President JD Vance later described that as a “legitimate misunderstanding,” saying Washington had made no such commitment.

Trump has also distanced himself from versions of the Iranian proposal circulating publicly.

“Numerous Agreements, Lists, and Letters are being sent out by people that have absolutely nothing to do with the U.S.A./Iran Negotiation,” he wrote on Truth Social. “They are total Fraudsters, Charlatans, and WORSE.”

“There is only one group of meaningful ‘POINTS’ that are acceptable to the United States, and we will be discussing them behind closed doors,” he added.