Iran: Agreed with Oman – if “some” stay out
Iran and Oman have agreed on a new route through the Strait of Hormuz, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said, according to AFP.
The countries are now finalizing the details of an agreement.
According to the ministry, a joint statement from the two countries is expected if “some third parties” refrain from interfering.
The countries are to agree on an approved route for commercial ships. However, the agreement does not in itself mean that the strait is safe, Iran emphasizes.
Sources: Agreement gives Iran control over ships in Hormuz
The upcoming agreement between Iran and Oman will give Iran control over ships sailing into the Persian Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz, sources told Reuters.
According to a senior Iranian source, Iran wants to charge fees of between 5 and 7 percent of the cargo for all ships passing through the strait. Oman is discussing fees of around 3 percent.
Iran and Oman have been negotiating in recent days, and according to Iran’s Foreign Ministry, the agreement is being finalized. Earlier on Wednesday, Iran said the two countries had agreed on an approved route through the strait for commercial ships.
The United States has not commented on the reports. However, Washington has repeatedly stated that the United States will never accept Iran controlling the strait.
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Middle East Crisis Strait of Hormuz
Sentenced to death ex-leader vows to return
Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country in 2024. Despite being sentenced to death in her homeland, she now says it is her duty to return.
Sheikh Hasina was deposed in August 2024 in a popular uprising and fled the same day to India, where the 78-year-old is still living.
Last year, she was sentenced to death in her absence for crimes against humanity, but says she still wants to return. In a recorded speech on the anniversary of her exile, she says that "fear cannot determine my duty to the people" and that she will return in December.
- I know they can put me in prison, or maybe kill me, anything can happen, but I still have to go back.
According to the UN, up to 1,400 people were killed in crackdowns as Sheikh Hasina tried to hold on to power.
All convictions in the Capitol riot now dismissed
All convictions and charges against those who participated in the storming of the Capitol in Washington, DC have now been dismissed.
A federal judge in the US capital has, against his will, dismissed all remaining cases related to the riot on January 6, 2021.
Judge Amit Mehta follows the Justice Department's decision from April to dismiss all convictions, but writes in a statement that he had no choice and that his action means erasing "criminal acts that caused centuries of democratic foundations to give way".
More than 1,500 people involved in the deadly storming were pardoned by Donald Trump on the first day of his second presidential term.
