Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, said today that the agreement with Oman will not lead to the reopening of the Strait of Ormuz at least until the US resumes its commitments.
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13/09/2026
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“ O according to Oman does not mean in any way that the Strait of Ormuz will be reopened”, said the minister, in an interview with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, a Panamanian media based in London.
According to the ruler, Iran's condition for the reopening of the Strait of Ormuz is that the US resume the fulfilment of its commitments, foreseen in the Memorandum of Islamabad, signed in June between Tehran and Washington.
The Islamabad Memorandum determined the end of hostilities, the lifting of the US naval blockade, the reopening of Ormuz, the lifting of oil sanctions and the release of frozen goods.
On Saturday, the Iranian news agency Tasnim announced an agreement between the two parties on navigation in Ormuz, to be presented on Monday.
According to Iranian media, the agreement will be presented at a meeting, which will bring together Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Iraq, but will not count on Bahrain.
The meeting on security cooperation in the Middle East in the Omanita port city of Salalah, on Ormuz, is being presented by Iran as “the first step towards establishing a regional security cooperation structure” in the Gulf, the Iranian state news agency IRNA has advanced.
“ It will be a crucial cornerstone for ensuring stability and security,” said Iranian Foreign Minister Esmaeil Baghei to ISNA, another Iranian news agency.
Iran was attacked on 28 February by the United States and Israel. Later, Tehran took control of the Strait of Ormuz, through which, before the war, approximately 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas transited.
This situation, which persists six months after the outbreak of hostilities, continues to boost oil prices, which this week has again surpassed the symbolic mark of $100 per barrel.
The Strait of Ormuz is bounded north by the Iranian coast and south by the Sultanate of Oman.
The two countries, which maintain good relations, have been discussing the future management of Ormuz for several weeks. Before the conflict began, the passage through the strait was free and clear.
Salalah, capital of Dhofar Province in Oman, has a special historical significance for the Iranians: in the early 1970s, Iran sent troops to help Oman repressing a separatist rebellion in the region.