Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf said Friday that Tehran and Muscat have agreed on how to organize ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, and vowed Iran will not allow American intervention in the strategic waterway.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf said Friday that Iran and Oman have finalized an arrangement governing the movement of ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Ghalibaf was quoted as saying: 'We agreed with Oman on how we will organize the movement of ships in the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran will not allow anyone, certainly not the Americans, to intervene there.'
The statement builds on an earlier report by The Zioneer on June 23, when Ghalibaf announced the establishment of a joint Iran-Oman committee on Hormuz talks. Since mid-June, Ghalibaf has repeatedly stated that the strait will not return to its pre-war status and that Iran will manage passage under its own regulations. On June 18, he said a fee arrangement for transit had been resolved within the framework of a memorandum of understanding with the United States — though he later dismissed the term 'fee' as a 'semantic game.'
The new claim of a bilateral Omani arrangement marks a further step in Iran's push to assert sovereignty over one of the world's most critical maritime chokepoints, through which about 20% of global oil transits. No independent confirmation of the arrangement with Oman has been published, and it remains unclear whether the agreement is binding or aspirational.
2 developments
- DevelopingIranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf details Strait of Hormuz toll arrangement in rare interview
- StrongGhalibaf says Iran will manage Strait of Hormuz under its own regulations
- DevelopingIranian parliament speaker Ghalibaf: Strait of Hormuz will not return to pre-war status
- DevelopingIranian parliament speaker calls Hormuz fee a 'semantic game', echoes Rubio framing
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