WorldIran says Oman shipping-lane deal near, but US conditions must be met to reopen Hormuz

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi says an agreement with Oman to define new shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz is nearing completion. He nevertheless repeats that the waterway will not reopen immediately. According to Araqchi, the United States must first meet other conditions set by Iran. Only then, he says, would passage through the strait resume.