# Iran to Review Lifting Restrictions on Iraqi Tankers in Strait of Hormuz

https://mins.news/en/item/28735

- TASS, 2026-08-21 18:27 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2176277

> Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf will discuss with the country’s leadership whether to remove Iraq from the list of countries whose ships face passage restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz, Iraqi speaker Haibat al-Halbousi said. Halbousi had sought “special status” for Iraq’s oil exports through the strait to protect its economic interests.

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