How a Hormuz transit deal nearly handed Iran a veto over the Gulf

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Negotiations between Iran and Oman for a new transit channel through the Strait of Hormuz have collapsed. The breakdown highlights Iran’s strategic attempt to gain discretionary control over this critical Gulf chokepoint, a dynamic tied to broader regional conflict.

This week’s collapse of the Iran-Oman negotiation over a new Hormuz transit channel is not a footnote to the broader Gulf conflict it is the clearest documentary evidence yet of the mechanism Container News has tracked since early 2026 under the Tollbooth Doctrine: Iran’s pursuit of discretionary control over chokepoint access, sought now through diplomacy […] The post How a Hormuz transit deal nearly handed Iran a veto over the Gulf appeared first on Container News.