DUBAI — Iran said it will announce a new restricted zone in the Gulf in the coming days, along with maps of a shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, as a weekend exchange of strikes on shipping pushed oil prices higher Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, Channel News Asia reported, citing Reuters.

Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, told state television that the new restricted zone would begin from where the U.S. blockade of Iran begins and extend into areas of the Gulf. Few details were provided, but Rezaei said any ship entering the new zone would be added to Iran’s sanctions list.

Maps detailing passage routes for the Strait of Hormuz “have been agreed and should be signed in the coming days,” Rezaei said of a corridor in Iranian and Omani waters that Iran would manage. “We will only commit to the Strait of Hormuz being open when they (the Americans) stop the sabotage, threats and attacks on Iran,” he added.

An average of about 10 commodity ships a day transited the strait over the past 10 days — the lowest since May — helping Brent crude rise about 0.8% above $97 a barrel Monday, according to the same Reuters reporting. The announcement follows Saturday’s U.S. strikes on Iranian oil tankers and related weekend claims already covered separately; this piece focuses on Tehran’s new zone and corridor plan.

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