{
  "id": 2662251,
  "title": "Iran grants Iraqi tankers safe Hormuz passage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/iran-grants-iraqi-tankers-safe-hormuz-passage",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T21:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Qatar Tribune",
    "slug": "qatar-tribune",
    "url": "https://www.qatar-tribune.com/article/249966/world/iran-grants-iraqi-tankers-safe-hormuz-passage"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Iran has granted several Iraqi oil tankers a special permit to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, according to IRNA, as reported by the Qatar Tribune.\n\nThe development comes amid heightened tensions between Iran and the US, with Iran warning it would target countries that join US sanctions. According to Middle East Eye, Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, stated that Tehran would consider countries that join the US economic pressure campaign as enemies.\n\nRezaei also warned that if neighbouring countries join the sanctions, Iran would block oil exports from the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz, and target other oil export routes.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Iran grants permission for some Iraqi oil tankers to pass through Hormuz",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/iran-grants-permission-for-some-iraqi-oil-tankers-to-pass-through",
        "published": "2026-08-22T20:05:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Iran threatens to block Hormuz if neighbours join US sanctions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/iran-threatens-to-block-hormuz-if-neighbours-join-us-sanctions",
        "published": "2026-08-22T20:53:31.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}