Associated Press reported that Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said the strait would remain closed until the United States corrected what he called its behavior toward Iran. The conditions he listed included an end to threats, a permanent end to the war, removal of the naval blockade, withdrawal of U.S. forces, compensation, sanctions relief and release of frozen Iranian assets. The United States did not immediately comment on the newly announced conditions, leaving the negotiating response unconfirmed at publication time.
Oman said indirect talks were proceeding in a positive and constructive atmosphere and described contacts as aimed at securing a practical shipping arrangement. One possible temporary arrangement described in the reporting would route ships into the Gulf near Iran and out near Oman without tolls while restarting a 60-day nuclear negotiating clock. The United Arab Emirates said an ADNOC vessel was struck and blamed Iran; the company and authorities reported no crew casualties.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said a projectile caused a fire on a vessel east of Khasab and reported that the crew was safe. The attack and the negotiating demands emerged together, leaving commercial operators to assess both diplomatic and physical-security risk in the same corridor. The Strait of Hormuz is the maritime exit for a large share of Gulf oil and gas exports, so access conditions affect shipping schedules, insurance and energy markets beyond the region. Oman has repeatedly served as an intermediary between Iran and the United States when direct diplomatic contact has been limited.
Official statements establish each government’s position but do not independently prove responsibility for the vessel strike. A temporary navigation formula would not by itself settle the larger disputes over sanctions, military posture or nuclear limits. The reporting record therefore separates confirmed events, attributed statements and still-unresolved claims.
The principal evidentiary limit is clear: No final text, timetable or U.S. acceptance was public, and responsibility for the vessel strike had not been independently established beyond official attribution. The cited sources establish the facts available at publication time but do not extend beyond that boundary.
The next verifiable developments are whether Oman announces a written interim navigation arrangement and whether Washington answers Iran’s conditions or changes its regional force posture. Until those records are available, this account remains limited to the sourced sequence and the explicitly identified uncertainty.