Iran said it had reached an understanding with Oman on a route for ships through the Strait of Hormuz, but details and U.S. acceptance remained unresolved. Tehran said route details were being finalized while Trump threatened Oman and a 60-day peace deadline expired without a broader settlement. Iran's Foreign Ministry said an understanding had been reached with Oman on the map of a transit route through the strait. The two governments were working to finalize details for a joint statement.
Previously discussed terms would have ships enter near Iran and exit near Oman during an interim period without tolls. The United States has demanded an acceptable reopening arrangement before lifting its blockade of Iranian ports. The diplomatic record contains both a prospective mechanism and an immediate destabilizer. The route talks suggest technical progress, while the reported threat against Oman adds uncertainty about whether the mediator can implement any arrangement.
Trump told a Fox News reporter that the United States would bomb Oman if it got in the way; Fox did not publish audio of the interview. A 60-day negotiating period for a broader U.S.-Iran peace deal expired without a comprehensive settlement. Oman has served as a mediator while sharing the waterway's geography and bearing direct consequences from disrupted shipping. The expiration of the larger deadline did not automatically end contacts, and Trump said the deadline was irrelevant. Even so, no public agreement connected the transit proposal to a broader end to hostilities.
A route map is only one part of a durable arrangement; inspection, fees, military escort and enforcement also require agreement. The strait was generally treated as an international waterway before the current war and competing control claims. The stated limit is that iran described an understanding, but no signed public text defined the route, enforcement or acceptance by the United States and commercial operators.
The next factual record for Iran and Oman Near a Hormuz Transit Understanding will come from a joint Iran-Oman statement with operational details and a U.S. response on blockade and transit conditions. Until those records are available, the confirmed account remains bounded by the cited reporting and the explicitly attributed statements above.