Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Garibabadi said in an interview on August 5 that the current agreement between Iran and Oman on the passage of merchant ships through the Strait of Hormuz is nearing finalization. According to a report by the Islamic Republic of Iran News Agency on the same day, the southern waterway that currently passes through Oman's territorial waters and the northern waterway located within Iran's territorial waters will all be closed, establishing a new mode of traffic different from the past 60 years in the Strait of Hormuz. Furthermore, Garibabadi denied that Iran and the US are in negotiations, but said that Iran has received information from the US side, and said that the US side is ready to resume fulfilling the commitments in the previously signed memorandum of understanding.

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Garibabadi said in an interview on August 5 that the current agreement between Iran and Oman on the passage of merchant ships through the Strait of Hormuz is nearing finalization. According to a report by the Islamic Republic of Iran News Agency on the same day, the southern waterway that currently passes through Oman's territorial waters and the northern waterway located within Iran's territorial waters will all be closed, establishing a new mode of traffic different from the past 60 years in the Strait of Hormuz. Furthermore, Garibabadi denied that Iran and the US are in negotiations, but said that Iran has received information from the US side, and said that the US side is ready to resume fulfilling the commitments in the previously signed memorandum of understanding.