A new market report cited by Jin10 on March 24 said Iran is charging some ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz a "security transit fee." This adds to earlier conflicting accounts: the Iranian Embassy in India previously denied reports that Iran was imposing a $2 million fee on vessels transiting the strait, calling the claim baseless. Based on the available information, there is now a discrepancy between the embassy’s public denial and the latest market report, and no formal policy details, fee amount, or enforcement framework were provided in the new update.