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Dr Nilufer Oral is Director of the Centre of International Law at the National University of Singapore and a member of the UN International Law Commission (ILC).

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A woman walks past a giant billboard reading 'The Strait of Hormuz remains closed' at Revolution Square in Tehran on 12 April 2026. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Passage Through Hormuz in a Time of War and Peace

Nilufer Oral

Many legal experts have used the aegis of international law to challenge Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The reality, however, is that the application of international law to the situation is more nuanced.