Why did Oman reject Iran’s proposal to impose fees on transiting the Strait of Hormuz?
Stringer/Reuters The Sultanate of Oman rejected Iran’s request to jointly impose service fees on commercial vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, according to a senior regional official who spoke to the New York Post on Friday.
The official said that Muscat refused to agree to impose fees, even voluntarily, in exchange for providing environmental and security services to ships, contradicting an earlier announcement by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that an agreement had been reached on sharing the Strait’s revenues.
Iran pressures Oman In response, Iran has been pressuring Oman – which lies on the southern coast of the Strait of Hormuz – to accept post-war arrangements that would grant Tehran greater influence over the strait, one of the world’s most important oil and gas trade routes.
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