Rubio, Guterres discuss US-backed effort to halt Iranian actions in Strait of Hormuz
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed U.S. efforts to stop “the Islamic Republic of Iran’s unlawful mining and tolling of the Strait of Hormuz” during a call on Tuesday with U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres,…
Assessment
The legitimacy of Iranian actions in the Strait of Hormuz is now being formally contested at the Security Council level. The U.S. and Bahrain have introduced a draft resolution, and the Secretary of State is directly coordinating with the U.N. Secretary-General to advance it. The core question is whether the Security Council will adopt binding measures that force Iran to cease mining and tolling, or whether the resolution stalls, leaving enforcement to unilateral action. The next signal to watch is how other Council members respond to the draft.