Iran proposes temporary agreement to Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran has presented Oman with a proposal for a temporary agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi announced on Tuesday (28) in a statement to state television. According to the proposal, one of the shipping routes would pass entirely through Iranian territorial waters, while part of the route in the opposite direction would also be moved to waters under Iranian jurisdiction. Gharibabadi stated that Tehran rejected a proposal from Oman that envisioned a balanced division of transit routes between the two countries. The Iranian government believes the plan does not address the country's security concerns until a lasting solution to the regional instability is found. The Deputy Minister also stated that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed if Muscat does not accept the Iranian proposal. He added that Tehran does not recognize the southern maritime route near the coast of Oman. Gharibabadi also stated that Iran has made it clear to Omani authorities that it no longer recognizes the current Traffic Separation System (TSS) adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). According to him, most of this route is located in Omani territorial waters and does not meet Iran's need to monitor maritime traffic after the attacks carried out by the United States and Israel at the end of February. According to the Iranian government, the TSS is currently unusable due to the risk of sea mines, having been replaced by a route to the north, in Iranian waters, and another to the south, in Omani waters.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.