Iran: US must meet terms to reopen Hormuz
Iran's Revolutionary Guard said on Saturday that re-opening the Strait of Hormuz is not related to Iran-Oman negotiations but conditional on the U.S. accepting Iran's
Iran's Revolutionary Guard said on Saturday that re-opening the Strait of Hormuz is not related to Iran-Oman negotiations but conditional on the U.S. accepting Iran's conditions.A U.S. official on Friday reported progress between Iran and Oman that could soon reopen the Strait of Hormuz, potentially restoring oil exports that have been disrupted by the five-month-old U.S. war with Iran."The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz is subject to the specific mechanisms and conditions of the Islamic Republic of Iran and is not related to the negotiations between Iran and Oman," Iran's Tasnim news agency cited Guard's spokesperson Hossein Mohebbi as saying.Iran and Oman are "very close" to reaching an accord on a new shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday.