US official says temporary routes through Strait of Hormuz will require

A United States official has said that any temporary shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz would not require permits, approvals or fees, asserting that no single party controls navigation through the strategic waterway, according to Al Jazeera. The official told Al Jazeera that "any temporary routes through the Strait of Hormuz will be without obstacles, permits, approvals or fees," adding that no party has control over the shipping lanes or the ability of vessels to transit through the strait. The remarks come amid renewed tensions over the waterway after senior Iranian official Mohsen Rezaee rejected US President Donald Trump's comm…