Hamid Hosseini

Hamid Hosseini is the OPEX spokesperson interviewed in How to get through the Strait of Hormuz. He describes, based on an Indian contact’s account, an alleged permission process for vessels seeking to pass through the Strait of Hormuz during the U.S.-Iran conflict.

The source uses Hosseini as a high-value but limited-information witness. He says the ship owner sent vessel, flag, destination, cargo, and crew information to the Sepah Navy, then paid a per-barrel toll in crypto before the ship continued toward India. Because he would not connect the host with the underlying contacts, the wiki treats the toll account as source-attributed rather than verified policy.

Connections

• OPEX - organization he represents in the episode.
• Sepah Navy and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - authority he says handled the passage request.
• Maritime Chokepoint Tolling - toll mechanism described in his account.
• Sanctions Evasion Crypto Payments and Virtual Asset AML Risk - payment-rail implications of the alleged crypto request.