The head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has urged Iran to allow unrestricted access through the Strait of Hormuz, insisting it should remain open without conditions or political leverage.

In a LinkedIn statement, Sultan Al Jaber argued that Iran’s rhetoric and behaviour suggest transit through the waterway is being treated as conditional. He said this approach undermines the principle of free navigation and instead amounts to coercive control.

Al Jaber also stressed that no single nation can claim ownership over the Strait, noting it was not created or funded by any government.

He pointed to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea as the governing framework, which establishes transit rights as fundamental rather than discretionary.

According to him, the Strait must remain fully accessible at all times, without limitations, warning that global energy flows and economic stability rely heavily on uninterrupted passage. Any attempt to use the route as a strategic tool, he added, is unacceptable.