According to IRGC spokesperson Hossein Mohebi, the Iran-Oman negotiations and a decision to reopen the strait were separate issues.
On the same day, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that Iran and Oman were “very close” to an agreement on a temporary shipping route through the strait while technical and legal work continues on a new permanent Traffic Separation Scheme, or TSS.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia, in separate statements, condemned Iran's attack on Saturday on an oil tanker owned by the UAE’s energy group ADNOC as it was passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
