Oman Rejects Iran's Proposal to Charge for Hormuz Strait

BlockBeats News, September 4th, according to the New York Post report, Oman has quietly rejected Iran's proposal to charge a service fee to commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Informed regional officials stated that Oman has refused to agree to the environmental and security service fee, even on a voluntary basis, debunking Iran's earlier claim of a mutual agreement by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

A U.S. official noted that even the terms of the revenue-sharing agreement proposed by Iran were not definitively settled, not even from Tehran's end. Following a meeting between Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi and Omani Foreign Minister Al-Busaidi in Tehran, Iranian Revolutionary Guard spokesman Hossein stated that the two countries had reached an agreement on the delineation of the waters in the Strait of Hormuz and the distribution of revenue.