Iran should not use Hormuz as weapon to blackmail Gulf

Iran should not use the Strait of Hormuz, which it has blocked since the start of the Middle East war, as a means to blackmail Gulf states, Qatari Foreign Minister said during a press conference in Doha with Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. 

Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatari Foreign Minister said "Iran should not use this strait as a weapon to pressure or to blackmail the Gulf countries. It's an international water corridor that should be always protected and should be always safeguarded."

Fidan also said the strait must not be "used as a weapon". Its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of the world's oil and natural gas usually passes, has also halted crucial maritime exports for the energy-rich Gulf, straining their economies.