A top Iranian official reiterated the country’s determination to maintain control over maritime traffic moving through the Strait of Hormuz, raising the stakes ahead of fresh negotiations with the U.S. on ending their war for good.
In remarks to Iranian state television, Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Iran wants to work out an agreement with Oman, which controls the other side of the vital waterway, to oversee ships passing through Hormuz. But Iran will move forward with its own plans to control traffic “if for any reason Oman is not interested in doing so,” he said.
“We have warned the Omanis that other countries have no right to interfere in this matter,” Gharibabadi said. He said his country will designate any temporary transit routes in the strait.
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