IRAN AND OMAN NEGOTIATING A DEAL TO OPEN THE HORMUZ STRAIT WITH JOINT FEES. I find this very interesting, given Trump said no fees; otherwise, this might cause a trend in other straits around the world.
What if this is the only way to stop this war? I’m mixed on that but lean to no fees because some country like China or even Russia will figure a way to use this to disrupt the world. As hard as this is, we need to hold strong and, in the worst case, sit, allow nothing in or out and wait. It will not take a long time for the regime to fold, but the people of Iran will suffer the consequences.
The IRGC is not concerned about human life, only power, and we cannot give them survival tools of any sort. All IMO.
“The New York Times reported late Monday, citing Iranian and US officials familiar with the developing accord, that ships entering the strait from the Indian Ocean via the Gulf of Oman would be required to take a route through Iranian territorial waters.
Vessels exiting the strait from the Persian Gulf would take a route near Oman’s coast along the south side of the strait.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry confirmed ongoing talks with Oman to establish what it called a “temporary” shipping route through the waterway, through which around one-fifth of the world’s oil traveled in peacetime.
Saeed Ajorlu, a member of Tehran’s negotiating committee, told state broadcaster IRIB that such an arrangement would be in effect for one to three months “where Iran is dominant.”