A senior Iranian official has said the general principles of a strategic action plan to manage the Strait of Hormuz have been agreed upon in a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Councils, Al Jazeera reports, citing Iranian media.

Valiullah Bayati, a spokesperson of the committee, told Iran’s Tasnim news agency that “the strategic action plan to ensure the security and progress of the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf was reviewed by the Councils’ Commission and, after hearing the opinions, its general outline was approved”.

One of the resolutions in the plan prohibits the passage of vessels and equipment owned by the US, Israel, and other “hostile countries” through the Strait of Hormuz, the report added.

“This is because these countries have used the Strait of Hormuz to carry out hostile actions against our country, and have committed unjust and aggressive acts against the Iranian people,” Bayati said.