Oman talks with Tehran over Hormuz as US and Iran continue to strike | US-Israel War on Iran News

The Omani delegation to Iran to discuss traffic in the strait, which has become a major focus of US conflict.

A delegation from Oman has arrived in Iran to discuss ways to control shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, as the United States and Iran continue to attack each other.

Omani diplomats arrived in Tehran late on Friday to hold talks with Iranian officials on ways to manage waterways, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported.

Controlling the crisis has become a major focus of hostilities between the US and Iran, as the global economy unravels rising electricity prices due to the closure of the vital waterway, around 20 percent of oil and gas exports were sent to the war before the war.

IRNA said the delegation’s visit is part of ongoing talks between Iran and Oman. Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had a phone call with his Omani counterpart, Badr Albusaidi.

No details about the proposed proposal have been released. However, Tehran has maintained throughout the war that it is open to monitoring the critical waterway with Oman.

The US and the Gulf countries rejected such an establishment. However, Oman has access to the entrance and exit of the Strait and has played a role in mediating regional conflicts, maintaining diplomatic relations with the Gulf countries and Iran.

“Essential waterways, including the Strait of Hormuz, must be open and easy to navigate, free of any barriers to navigation and foreign traffic,” Albusaidi wrote on X.

Meanwhile, the US and Iran exchanged airstrikes for the 14th day in a row, despite efforts to renew negotiations aimed at persuading both to use them. Memorandum of Understanding. It stalled the war last month but collapsed, largely because of differences agreed on freedom of navigation.

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On Friday, Iran’s military retaliated against US missiles across the region, which have come under fire during the war.

Threats were reported in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan, while a drone crash near Iraq’s Erbil International Airport forced a temporary grounding of flights.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said it is targeting a US technology base in the Amazon region of Bahrain “for providing intelligence support to America’s child-killing soldiers”.

The Houthis are said to be continuing to target Saudi tanks in the Strait of Hormuz, as well as the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. However, a Houthi spokesman denied that the group had blocked the waterway.

The US Central Command said it was able to strike down a plane in Iran. Iranian media reported that four people were injured in the explosions in several cities, including Khorramabad, Jask, Ahvaz and Bandar Abbas, as well as Qeshm Island.

Iran’s Ministry of Health says at least 55 people have been killed in the latest US attack and about 650 injured.