Iran rejects Oman’s proposal for joint Hormuz control
Razieh Poudat/ISNA/via WANA
Iran
rejected an Omani proposal for joint regional management of the Strait of
Hormuz, dashing hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough, Reuters reported
on July 29.
Oman had proposed that shipping companies pay voluntary fees to a joint authority, a plan that would have ended Tehran’s exclusive control over the waterway. Persian Gulf states supported the proposal.
But an unnamed Iranian official told Reuters the plan was dead on arrival.
“The official, who said the United States and Saudi Arabia were trying to press Oman into accepting what he called unrealistic plans, said the Strait's entire inbound route and part of the outbound route would have to be under Iranian control,” the report said.
“He said Iran respected Oman, which it considered a valuable neighbor and mediator, but that a 50/50 arrangement under which the two countries shared equal control would not serve Iran's interests.”
On July 27, after U.S. President Donald Trump halted
a two-week campaign of planned strikes on Iran, Tehran said it still controls
the Strait of Hormuz and was not seeking to resume peace talks with the United
States. On July 24, Axios reported that after nearly two weeks of daily
attacks, Trump had ordered U.S. forces to stop bombing Iran.
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