Months Ago Oman Swore No Ship Would Ever Pay to Cross the Strait of Hormuz: Now It’s Reportedly Moving Forward With Iran to Charge Them
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Steve Balestrieri
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National Security JournalMonths Ago Oman Swore No Ship Would Ever Pay to Cross the Strait of Hormuz: Now It’s Reportedly Moving Forward With Iran to Charge Themnationalsecurityjournal.orgJust months ago, Oman signed agreements guaranteeing no vessel would ever pay to transit the Strait of Hormuz. Now, per a New York Times report, Muscat and Tehran are moving forward with plans to collect fees anyway — Oman framing them as voluntary "service charges," Iran insisting they'll be mandatory. Washington rejects both: Trump has threatened Oman with military action, and the Treasury is warning that anyone paying could face severe sanctions, since the money would flow to Iran's Revolutionary Guard.
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