PANews reported on April 27 that, according to CCTV International News, Ibrahim Aziz, chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian Islamic Parliament, said in an interview broadcast on April 26 that the passage fee for the Strait of Hormuz must be settled in the Iranian rial, and that ships and cargo related to Israel will not be allowed to pass through under any circumstances.

Earlier reports from Iranian media outlet Fars News stated that reports about Iran charging tolls for passage through the Strait of Hormuz in cryptocurrency were inaccurate .