Tehran, May 14 -- Iran has allowed some Chinese ships passage through the Strait of Hormuz after holding discussions with China's foreign minister and ambassador, Iran's IRGC owned semi-official state news agency Fars reported on Thursday.
Iran has been charging vessels tolls in exchange for passage through the critical waterway, though the Fars News report did not mention whether the Chinese ships had to pay any money.
The Chinese linked crude oil tanker Yuan Hua Hu traversed the strait laden with Iraqi oil Wednesday. While the ship is yet to make it past the heavy US Navy blockade of Iranian ports located off the coast of Oman, it is moving swiftly along the route and is headed towards China.
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