Iran proposes temporary Hormuz plan
He said the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed if Muscat rejected Iran’s proposal, adding that Tehran had never recognised the southern route along Oman’s coast.
Gharibabadi also said Tehran had made it clear to Muscat that it no longer recognised the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS), arguing that this pathway roughly in the middle of the waterway lies mostly within Omani waters and runs contrary to Iran’s need to monitor transiting vessels after being attacked by the US and Israel in late February.
Iran has proposed to Oman a temporary arrangement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz under which one direction of traffic would pass through Iranian waters and part of the opposite route would also be in Iranian waters, Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi told state television on Tuesday.
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