Iranian state media casts doubt on Trump’s claim of strait reopening
State broadcaster IRIB reported Wednesday that any future agreement between Iran and Oman – which both border the strait – has “no connection to the immediate reopening of the strait,” citing an unnamed source.
AFP/Getty Images US President Donald Trump has raised hopes that the Strait of Hormuz could be reopened “soon” amid talks between Iran and Oman about safe passage.” Meanwhile, Hassan Ghashghavi, a spokesperson for Iran’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, told Iranian state-affiliated media that the critical waterway, through which one-fifth of global crude oil typically flows, would not return to its pre-war status under any circumstances.
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