India, April 18 -- As the Strait of Hormuz reopens after weeks of stalemate, Iran warned the US against any military move, and said that only commercial ships will be allowed to pass through the key oil-transport waterway. This was yet another implication that it is Iran that calls the shots on Hormuz operations, and not the US.

"The time has come to obey the new maritime system of the Strait of Hormuz. This system is determined by the Islamic Republic of Iran, not virtual posts," Ibrahim Azizi, the head of the National Security Commission, was quoted as saying by Iran's Tasnim News agency.

Azizi also said the commercial ships will be allowed to pass "with permission from the headquarters of the armed forces, especially the navy, throug...