Iran Assures Philippine Ships Safe Passage

[Pototan]

MANILA, April 2 (Reuters) - The Philippines has received an assurance from Iran that it will allow ​the safe passage of Philippine-flagged vessels, fuel ‌and Filipino seafarers through the Strait of Hormuz, Manila's foreign ministry said on Thursday.

The assurance came after Philippine foreign minister ​Ma. Theresa Lazaro spoke with her Iranian counterpart Abbas ​Araqchi, with the two top diplomats tackling energy supply security ⁠and the safety of Filipino seafarers.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/iran-allow-safe-passage-philippine-ships-fuel-supply-through-strait-hormuz-says-2026-04-02/

[drray23]

1. earlier, they let a french ship pass as well.

I can see the scenario where most countries other than Israel and the US negotiate with Iran and resume trade as usual. Of course, with Trump, we will end up suffering the consequences.
From what I have read, the Iranians are levying a tax of about 1$ per barrel to let the ship through. For a big tanker, its 2 million barrels, so $2M for safe passage.

So all that Trump has achieved so far is to lose American lives, treasury, military equipment, wreck our economy, and enrich the Iranians.

[David__77]

2. The US would need to pay a big price to compensate the damage done by its aggression.