Six months into the Iran war, Hormuz is still shut — and now Tehran wants military ships excluded

Iran will not allow military vessels to transit through the Strait of Hormuz under an agreement the Islamic Republic is currently negotiating with Oman, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister told state TV late on Tuesday night.

The top diplomats of the two countries met to discuss managing commercial shipping traffic in the vital waterway, which remains largely shut down nearly six months after the Iran war began.

Officials in Thailand said the USS Lincoln was scheduled for a brief stopover in the country as the aircraft carrier prepares to reposition after a lengthy deployment, including support for the Iran war.

Meanwhile, Israel’s strikes continued in Gaza , testing the already fragile ceasefire with Hamas.

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No military vessels will transit through Hormuz, Iran says Iran and Oman have reached an understanding on a new framework for managing ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz that would exclude military vessels, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi told state TV late on Tuesday night.

“If the understanding becomes binding, no military vessel will be permitted to pass through the Strait of Hormuz,” he said.

“No military vessel at all.” Gharibabadi didn’t provide further details about military traffic.

He described the proposed commercial route through the Strait of Hormuz, the vital shipping waterway.

Traffic into the Persian Gulf from the Gulf of Oman would pass entirely through Iranian waters, while the outbound route would pass partly through Iranian waters and partly through Oman’s territorial waters, he said.

The Trump administration told Oman it opposed parts of the evolving deal , including the joint Iranian and Omani management of the exit route out of the passage that’s critical to global supplies of oil and natural gas.

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President Donald Trump last week threatened to bomb Oman if it “gets in the way.” Israel launches deadly strike in Gaza, health officials say An Israeli strike on a tent for displaced people Wednesday in southern Gaza killed one person and wounded at least four others, according to officials at the territory’s Health Ministry.