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Shafaq News- Tehran
Iran and Oman have agreed on a navigation map for ships
passing through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced on
Saturday, setting out clearer routes for maritime traffic through one of the
world’s most important oil shipping lanes.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei described talks
between Tehran and Muscat as progressing steadily and positively, despite the
‘’US efforts to hinder the process.’’
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has previously
framed the talks as separate from any negotiations with the United States, with
the discussions focused on technical aspects of maritime traffic, including
shipping routes and vessel movements through the Strait.
Araghchi has also drawn a distinction between agreeing on
navigation routes and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, maintaining that the
resumption of navigation through the waterway would depend on Tehran’s
conditions being met.
Hormuz, through which roughly 20% of the world’s oil
passes, has remained largely closed under Iranian restrictions since Feb. 28 in
response to the US-Israeli war, disrupting regional energy flows. The strategic
waterway briefly reopened after a US-Iran memorandum of understanding (MoU)
entered into force on June 18, but closed again amid renewed military
escalations, with Tehran maintaining that corridor remains under Iranian
control.
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