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Iran war updates: Iran and Oman close to agreeing on new Hormuz arrangements

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Iran and Oman are close to agreeing on new arrangements for the Strait of Hormuz, but not for a full reopening of the vital waterway, Iran's state news agency reported Thursday.

Iran and Oman are nearing a new arrangement for managing traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, with Tehran insisting the framework represents a new security model for the strategic waterway rather than a full reopening of the strait, Iran's state news agency IRNA reported Thursday. According to IRNA, the proposed mechanism would regulate the movement of commercial vessels, with ships entering through Iranian waters and exiting through Omani waters. IRNA said the talks are aimed at defining "a new model that is different from the 60-year-old practice of the past" in which ships passed through the strait at will.

Negotiations between Iran and Oman over the Strait of Hormuz concern vessel movement and navigation routes, not reopening the strategic waterway, a senior Iranian lawmaker said.

Behnam Saeedi, first secretary of Iran's Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, said the talks "are in no way about" reopening the strait.

"This issue should not be confused with the negotiations that are currently taking place, and it should not be assumed that these talks mean the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz," Saeedi said.

He described the strait as a strategic asset and deterrence tool. "The Strait of Hormuz is an achievement and a deterrent tool available to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and this tool is being used effectively," he said. "As long as the Americans do not address the issues I mentioned, there is no reason for the Strait of Hormuz to be reopened."

President Trump on Thursday told reporters he didn't want to say that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz had been reached, but insisted it is "sort of open right now." "We control it, but they can always shoot something, they always have something, or drop a mine." The U.S. military blockade redirected one more vessel in the Strait of Hormuz in the last day, bringing the total number to 49 since it was reinstated in mid-July, according to U.S. Central Command.