(MENAFN) Iranian politicians called for imposing tariffs on ships from specific countries passing through the Strait of Hormuz, local media reported.
Iranian Shargh newspaper cited Alireza Khosravi, a member of the nation's parliament, as saying that some ships were using the controversial Strait "under pretexts such as security" and was having a heavy impact on the local environment.
Following that statement, group of parliamentarians proposed a bill to charge ships from certain countries using the waterway.
Iran's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has already drafted a bill calling to ban oil tankers from shipping crude through the Strait of Hormuz to countries that support sanctions against the nation, Iranian MP Ibrahim Agha-Mohammadi was recently quoted by Iran's parliamentary news agency as saying.
Agha-Mohammadi said that 100 of Tehran's 290 members of parliament had signed the bill as of July 1.
If the bill is approved by parliament it would then have to be approved by the 12-member Council of Guardians, made up of muslim clerics and lawyers selected by the supreme leader, which can veto any bill.
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