WorldIran, Oman near deal on Strait of Hormuz

Iran says negotiations with Oman on reopening the Strait of Hormuz are close to completion. Tehran cautions that reopening the waterway will depend on additional conditions and compensation for what it describes as breaches of the June agreement. Iran has also made new demands, calling for the United States to end its naval blockade of the strait and Iranian ports and to pull its military forces out of the area. Scott Lucas, a professor of international politics at University College Dublin’s Clinton Institute, offers further analysis.