Shafaqna Pakistan: Iran is drawing up a set of conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz after mediators asked Tehran to outline its requirements, Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei said, adding that an end to the regional conflict was among the key conditions.
Rezaei said Iran had reached an understanding with Oman on establishing a shipping corridor through the strategic waterway, with sections of the route passing through Omani and Iranian territorial waters. He said vessels would be allowed to use a designated central channel if the United States agreed to Iran’s conditions.
Speaking through an interpreter in an interview with Al Manar TV, Rezaei said the proposed arrangement was intended to facilitate shipping through the strait.
A senior source said on Wednesday that Iran and Oman were still negotiating the details of an agreement concerning the waterway. The development followed a statement by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards that the two countries had reached an understanding on sharing control of the strait and its revenues.
A Guards spokesperson said Iran would not allow the strait to reopen unless Washington lifted what Tehran describes as a blockade of Iranian ports while also paying compensation and removing sanctions.
Before the war began in February, the strait carried roughly one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments. Shipping through the waterway has largely stopped since then. Ceasefire agreements announced by Washington and Tehran in April and June were intended to restore maritime traffic, but did not hold.
Source: Dunya News
