Oman's Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi will visit Tehran on Tuesday to continue talks between Iran and Oman on the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday.
On Sunday, Baghaei said the army chief of Pakistan, which has mediated between the United States and Iran, will visit Tehran on Monday.
Free passage for cargo ships through the Strait of Hormuz has been one of the primary issues in talks with Iran, with Iran and the US frequently contradicting each other on whether the strait was open or closed and which country had control over it.
On Saturday, Iran's state news agency IRNA reported that Iran had granted permission for a number of Iraqi oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz following repeated requests from Baghdad through various channels.
IRNA said obtaining special permission for Iraqi tankers was one of Baghdad’s main requests during Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf’s visit to Iraq.
Iran claims Strait of Hormuz deal with Oman in final stages
Earlier this month, Iran said that a deal with Oman defining new shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz was in its final stages but reiterated that the strait would only reopen once the United States met other conditions.
Iran and the US are not engaged in talks, and Tehran will not start them as long as Washington breaches an interim deal signed in June, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said at the time, adding that messages are being exchanged via intermediaries.