US and Iran having ‘very good discussions’, Trump says
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, said talks with Oman over transit through the strait were positive and continuing, and were focused on establishing safe shipping lanes, state media reported.
However, Iranian state media, citing an informed source, said an agreement with Oman on the strait, which normally carries about a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments, will be delayed “as long as the United States continues to threaten Iran.
Axios, citing two regional sources and a US official, reported the US and Iran are closing in on an interim agreement to reopen the strait with the agreement of Oman, which controls part of the waterway.
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