The development comes a day after the UN Security Council met in closed session following Monday’s missile and drone attacks on the United Arab Emirates, which the Iranian military denied carrying out.
Call to collective action
The Strait of Hormuz is critical not only to the stability and prosperity of the Gulf region, but also to the global economy, Ambassador Jamal Fares Alrowaiei of Bahrain told reporters.
“Recent events have underscored the importance of keeping this strategic waterway safe and fully open. They have also demonstrated the need for collective action,” he said.
He explained that the text between Bahrain and the United States is based on the “historic” Council resolution 2817 (2026). Adopted in March, it condemned in the strongest terms Iran’s “atrocious attacks” against seven neighboring countries.
The draft resolution demands that Iran immediately cease all attacks and threats against merchant and commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. It also addresses the placement of mines and illegal tolls in the critical shipping channel.
“Allowing such action to become normalized is unacceptable. Furthermore, the draft addresses participation in United Nations efforts to establish a humanitarian corridor in the Strait,” he added.
Ship transits through the Strait of Hormuz have decreased by more than 90 percent since the crisis worsened in late February 2026.
Global trade at stake
US Ambassador Mike Waltz stressed that freedom of navigation for the entire global economy is “what is at stake here: nothing less than a cornerstone of global stability and trade.”
He warned that “those who abuse it, or seek to scrap it, are setting a very, very dangerous precedent and, frankly, setting the stage for dooming global trade.”
Waltz said the draft resolution “requires Iran to do some very simple and direct things,” however, he highlighted Tehran’s announcement earlier this week of the Persian Gulf Strait Authority requiring captains of international ships to pay a toll when transiting the waterway.
“So that doesn’t just affect this region. It affects the entire world,” he said.
Resolution ‘deeply flawed and unilateral’: Iran
Later that day, Iran’s ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani, told reporters at the surveillance site that the draft resolution was “deeply flawed and one-sided.”
“They claim that their actions are aimed at protecting freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and have made some unfounded accusations against my country. The facts on the ground prove otherwise,” he said.
He said Washington’s actions contradicted the administration’s stated goals “and have only served to escalate tensions and deepen instability in the region.”
He added that the only solution to the Hormuz crisis was the permanent end of the war and the lifting of the US maritime blockade.
Crucial runner
The Strait of Hormuz, located off the coast of southern Iran, is a key transit route for about a quarter of the world’s maritime trade in oil and significant volumes of liquefied natural gas, as well as fertilizers.
The crisis there erupted in late February following US and Israeli airstrikes against Iran, with Tehran counterattacks across the region.