# Analysis: Trump should ‘take the less bad deal’ and accept Iranian sovereignty over Hormuz

https://mins.news/en/video/19606

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-08-11 23:47 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_vOaUjcqf4

> Pakistan’s interior minister has met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi as part of mediation aimed at ending the conflict between the United States and Iran. The contacts come as indications grow that Tehran and Washington could be nearing an agreement. Qatar says separate Iranian-Omani discussions over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz are at an advanced stage. Former senior US diplomat Alan Eyre told Al Jazeera that Iran and Oman have agreed to a temporary separation of traffic routes.

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