In interview with Al Jazeera, chief of the International Maritime Organization says world should reject tolls in waterway.Iran’s bid to charge ships tolls to transit the Strait of Hormuz would be illegal and should be rejected by the international community, the head of the global shipping watchdog has said, as uncertainty hangs over the country’s fragile truce with the United States.Iranian authorities have demanded the right to impose tolls on vessels transiting the strait, including after the end of the war.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listUS President Donald Trump has also floated the possibility of a “joint venture” for collecting payments operated by Washington and Tehran.“Countries do not have the right to introduce tools or payments or charges on these straits,” Arsenio Dominguez, the secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization, said in an interview with Al Jazeera.“Any introduction of tolls is something that is against international law,” Dominguez said.“And I will call for anyone not to actually follow and use these kind of services because that’s a precedent that it would be very detrimental for global shipping.”Dominguez made his comments on Saturday amid marathon ceasefire talks between US and Iranian officials in Pakistan, which wrapped up on Sunday without an agreement.US Vice President JD Vance said Tehran had not accepted Washington’s terms for a deal, including that Iran would not pursue nuclear weapons.Vance said his delegation had decided to depart Islamabad after presenting their “final and best offer” for the Iranian si …
