Iran Ties Hormuz Reopening to US Concessions on Several Demands

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Iran and Oman are close to an agreement on new shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz, but Iran is conditioning the waterway's reopening on the US providing compensation and ending sanctions and military threats.

Iran said it was nearing a final pact with Oman defining new shipping lanes between them through the Strait of Hormuz but repeated that the U.S. must meet other conditions, including compensation and an end to sanctions and military threats, before the strategic waterway is reopened.