Iran's deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, Kazem Gharibabadi, said Iran was drafting a protocol to oversee the Strait of Hormuz along with Oman, even during peacetime, though there are few available details of what this protocol would entail, The New York Times reported on April 2. Separately, Iran has reportedly shot down an F-15 fighter jet, and only one of the two pilots has been rescued by U.S. forces.

Iran's parliament is formalizing a tolling system to collect transit fees from "non-hostile" vessels, despite international law requiring the Strait of Hormuz to remain open to international shipping. Some countries, including the Philippines, have reportedly reached deals with Iran to secure safe passage; however, it is still up to individual companies to transit the strait. In addition, between April 2 and 3, a French CMA CGM container ship successfully transited the strait. Even so, maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has significantly declined since Iran effectively closed the strait in early March, with only around 150 vessels transiting since then, and most of those are linked to Iran.