This file photo taken on Feb. 19, 2025 shows the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Friday in a post on social media platform X that the passage for all commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of the ceasefire, in line with the ceasefire in Lebanon. (File photo: Xinhua)

TEHRAN, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Supreme National Security Council said on Saturday that the country is determined to control the traffic through the Strait of Hormuz until the war is definitively ended and lasting peace is achieved in the region.