observation so that no one can pull off any shenanigans. It is never clear what the regime means by this. The strait’s maritime lanes go through the national waters of both Iran and Oman, so there can be no sneaky passage. Oman has long monitored the strait by radar and it has a station at the narrowest point of the strait that radios each passing ship for identification. All Iran needs to do is monitor the Omani radio channel to find out who’s out there. An average of 13 tankers a day use the strait. There are two lanes for traffic, each two miles wide and separated from one another by two miles.
