Iran Opens Oil Export Terminal Outside Strategic Hormuz Strait

Iran's main oil export terminal is located at the port of Kharg inside Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint patrolled by warships of its arch foe, the US.

Iran has opened its first oil export terminal outside the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint patrolled by warships of its arch foe the US, President Hassan Rouhani announced Thursday. The new terminal is located near Jask port on the Gulf of Oman, allowing ships headed into the Arabian Sea and beyond to avoid the narrow strait. Iran's main oil export terminal is located at the port of Kharg inside the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway less than 40 kilometres (25 miles) across at its narrowest point. "We had a terminal and if there was a problem, our oil exports would be cut off," Rouhani acknowledged, adding that "today is a great historic day for the Iranian nation".