In response to the conflict, the United States has also imposed a blockade on Iranian ports.
A superyacht linked to sanctioned Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov sailed through the Strait of Hormuz, according to shipping data, making it one of the few vessels to transit the heavily restricted waterway amid the “U.S.-Iran conflict.
The 142-metre yacht Nord, valued at more than $500 million, departed a Dubai marina on Friday, crossed the strait on Saturday morning, and arrived in Muscat early Sunday, based on MarineTraffic data.
It remains unclear how the luxury vessel was granted passage. Since February, Iran has sharply limited traffic through the strait, a key global shipping route that normally carries around one-fifth of the world’s oil supply.
Only a small number of vessels, mainly merchant ships, have been passing through the strategic channel each day, far below the usual 125 to 140 daily crossings recorded before the war began on February 28.
