Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Tuesday evening that Iran has rejected an Omani proposal for a 50-50 shared route through the Strait of Hormuz and is demanding full Iranian control of the entry route and part of the exit route. He warned that if Oman does not accept this final proposal, the strait will remain closed and Iran is prepared for a resumption of war. Gharibabadi added that even if an understanding is reached, the strait will not open immediately.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi issued a new statement Tuesday evening detailing Tehran's maximalist position in ongoing talks with Oman over the management of the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iranian media reports.
Gharibabadi said Iran rejected an Omani proposal for a 50-50 shared navigation route, and instead demands full Iranian control of the entire entry route and part of the exit route. He described this as the 'final scenario' and said Iran would accept no other version. If Oman does not accept, he warned, the strait will remain closed and Iran 'is prepared for a resumption of war.'
The statement follows an earlier one by Gharibabadi earlier Tuesday, as The Zioneer reported, in which he described the Strait of Hormuz as part of Iran's national security and accused the US-Israel-Lebanon tripartite mechanism of violating the bilateral memorandum of understanding with Oman.
In recent weeks, Iran has repeatedly linked the strait's status to Israeli military operations in Lebanon, and to broader US-Iran negotiations. Past statements by Gharibabadi and Foreign Minister Araghchi have outlined a post-war framework in which Iran and Oman would jointly manage the strait, including the imposition of navigation fees. The current proposal, demanding full Iranian control of the entry route, appears to go beyond that earlier framework.
It remains unclear whether Oman will accept the Iranian demand. Gharibabadi noted that even if an understanding is reached, the strait will not open immediately, and that decisions on next steps will be made inside Iran.
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