Iran says will discuss Strait of Hormuz with Gulf states on Monday

Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the meeting in Oman is to ‘promote better understanding among the countries of the region’.

Oil tankers and cargo vessels are seen anchored off the coast of Oman, which is set to host a meeting with Gulf states and Iran on the Strait of Hormuz [File: Elke Scholiers/Getty Images]

Iran is expected to meet with Gulf states in Oman on Monday to discuss the Strait of Hormuz, the country’s Foreign Ministry announced.

In a statement on Friday, the ministry said the meeting is intended to “promote better understanding among the countries of the region and help strengthen shared regional security”.

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Iraq and coastal Gulf nations are expected to participate, the ministry said.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei also said: “Iran remains committed to ensuring the security of navigation in the strait”.

For several weeks, Iran and Oman, which both border the Strait of Hormuz, have been discussing how to manage the future of the strategic waterway.

Since the United States-Israeli strikes on Iran began at the end of February, the strait – through which one-fifth of world oil supplies flows – has been disrupted and blocked by Tehran.

The ongoing blockade has caused oil costs to rise, with prices surpassing $100 a barrel earlier this week.

Reporting from Tehran, Al Jazeera’s Sinem Koseoglu explained that Iran is giving the Strait of Hormuz talks a “wider political spectrum” by inviting other regional countries.

“For some time we heard Iranian officials say that the regional issues should be solved by the regional actors, especially when it came to Hormuz,” she said.

“So we are hearing from the Foreign Ministry that foreign ministers from the GCC [Gulf Cooperation Council] countries and Iraq will be attending this meeting on Monday and the meeting will be held in Oman.”

Last month, Iran and Oman agreed on a shipping route, mine clearing and short-term management of the Strait of Hormuz.

“Basically it looks like they came to the second phase because we heard Iranian officials saying earlier this week they agreed on the main script on the temporary shipping lane and this would be announced soon,” Koseoglu added.

‘Critical and dangerous’ pressure on Iran

Meanwhile, speaking ahead of the BRICS summit of emerging economies in India on Friday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the world was going through a period of “unprecedented complexity”.

“Iran has been subjected to heavy sanctions in recent years; this pressure has reached a critical and dangerous stage in recent months following the military aggression by the United States and Israel,” he said.

“When a country is subjected to political and military pressure on its trade, energy, infrastructure and financial system, the repercussions extend beyond its borders,” Pezeshkian added.

Since the US and Israel launched the war in February and Tehran retaliated by choking off the Strait of Hormuz, the global economy has struggled.

Amid the ongoing closure of the waterway, the US has continued its naval blockade on Iranian ports.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the blockade on Friday, congratulating US President Donald Trump on “the economic pressure brought to bear against the world’s greatest source of instability”.

“The people of Israel stand with the people of the United States and with President Trump in confronting the forces of terror. In the year ahead, we will continue to make the world safer for all,” Netanyahu wrote on X.

Separately, in a speech marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the US, Trump reiterated that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon.

“We salute the service members working right now to ensure the world’s number one sponsor of terror, the Islamist Republic of Iran, will never, ever have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said.

伊朗外交部表示，在阿曼举行的这次会议旨在“促进该地区各国之间的相互了解”。

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伊朗外交部宣布，伊朗预计将于周一在阿曼与海湾国家举行会晤，讨论霍尔木兹海峡问题。

该部周五发表声明称，此次会议旨在“促进该地区各国之间的相互了解，并有助于加强共同的区域安全”。

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该部表示，伊拉克和海湾沿岸国家预计将参加。

伊朗外交部发言人伊斯梅尔·巴盖伊也表示：“伊朗将继续致力于确保海峡航行安全。”

数周以来，与霍尔木兹海峡接壤的伊朗和阿曼一直在讨论如何管理这条战略水道的未来。

自2月底美国和以色列对伊朗发动袭击以来，这条全球五分之一石油供应流经的海峡一直受到德黑兰的干扰和封锁。

持续的封锁导致石油价格上涨，本周早些时候油价突破每桶100美元。

半岛电视台驻德黑兰记者西内姆·科塞奥卢报道称，伊朗邀请其他地区国家参与，使霍尔木兹海峡会谈拥有“更广泛的政治光谱”。

“一段时间以来，我们一直听到伊朗官员说，地区问题应该由地区各方解决，尤其是在霍尔木兹问题上，”她说。

“我们从外交部获悉，海湾合作委员会成员国和伊拉克的部长们将于周一出席此次会议，会议将在阿曼举行。”

上个月，伊朗和阿曼就霍尔木兹海峡的航运路线、水雷清除和短期管理达成一致。

科塞奥卢补充说：“基本上看来他们已经进入第二阶段，因为我们本周早些时候听到伊朗官员说，他们已经就临时航道的主要方案达成一致，并将很快宣布。”

对伊朗施加“关键且危险的”压力

与此同时，伊朗总统马苏德·佩泽什基安在周五于印度举行的金砖国家新兴经济体峰会前夕表示，世界正经历着“前所未有的复杂时期”。

他说：“近年来，伊朗遭受了严厉的制裁；近几个月来，由于美国和以色列的军事侵略，这种压力已经达到了危急和危险的程度。”

佩泽什基安补充说：“当一个国家的贸易、能源、基础设施和金融体系受到政治和军事压力时，其影响会超出其国界。”

自美国和以色列于 2 月发动战争，德黑兰封锁霍尔木兹海峡进行报复以来，全球经济一直举步维艰。

在航道持续关闭的同时，美国继续对伊朗港口实施海上封锁。

以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡周五对封锁表示赞扬，祝贺美国总统唐纳德·特朗普“对世界最大的不稳定因素施加了经济压力”。

“以色列人民与美国人民和特朗普总统站在一起，共同对抗恐怖主义势力。在未来一年，我们将继续努力，让世界变得更加安全。”内塔尼亚胡在X上写道。

另外，在纪念2001年9月11日美国恐怖袭击事件25周年的讲话中，特朗普重申伊朗永远不会拥有核武器。

特朗普说：“我们向现在正在努力确保世界头号恐怖主义赞助者——伊朗伊斯兰共和国——永远、永远不会拥有核武器的军人致敬。”