KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 -- The remaining six Malaysian vessels stranded in the Strait of Hormuz will be cleared to pass through the waterway in stages, Iran's Ambassador to Malaysia Valiollah Mohammadi Nasrabadi said.

"We (Iran) will let the ships pass through one by one," he told Bernama when met on the sidelines of Kuala Lumpur-Ankara Dialogue 2026 here on Tuesday.

Earlier, the Malaysian Foreign Ministry confirmed that one of the seven Malaysian-owned vessels previously stranded in the Strait of Hormuz due to the evolving regional situation had been granted passage and was proceeding to its final destination.

This followed high-level diplomatic engagements between Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Iranian President Masoud Pez...