Washington reportedly expects Tehran to accept its terms after talks in Oman on Saturday
The US is demanding that Iran publicly declare the strategic Strait of Hormuz fully reopened to navigation and pledge not to attack tankers transiting the waterway, which carries around a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil and LNG trade, several news outlets reported on Friday.
The US and Iran have clashed over differing interpretations of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on June 17 regarding the management of the strait. The two countries traded strikes on Wednesday and Thursday after the US and Gulf states blamed Iran for attacks on three commercial ships.
“We expect the Iranians to say… that every channel in the strait will be open and that it will be toll-free,” a US official told reporters on Friday, according to Axios.
US officials told the media they expected Iran to issue a statement accepting those terms after negotiators meet in Oman on Saturday.
“If it is not their position [tomorrow], it is not gonna be a great day for them,” one official said.
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