TEHRAN, Iran: Iran-Oman Hormuz talks remain unfinished, a senior Iranian source said Wednesday, despite the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps saying the two countries had reached understandings over the strategic waterway.
Reuters reported that an agreement with Oman had not been finalised and that negotiations were continuing over the details.
IRGC spokesperson Hossein Mohebbi separately said Iran and Oman had reached acceptable results on their respective shares of the Strait of Hormuz waters and associated revenues.
It was not immediately clear whether those understandings amounted to a final agreement or formed part of the negotiations still under way.
Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said after talks Tuesday that he hoped the sides would soon announce a temporary corridor and arrangements to restore safe navigation through the strait.
Iran has maintained that the waterway will not fully reopen unless the United States meets conditions linked to an earlier ceasefire framework, including lifting its blockade of Iranian ports, compensation and sanctions relief.
The Strait of Hormuz carried about one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments before the conflict began in February. Most commercial traffic has since been severely disrupted.
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Iran has accused Washington of obstructing the talks with Oman, while the United States has continued economic pressure on Tehran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi also criticised new US sanctions in a letter to the United Nations, arguing that they were harming access to essential goods.
