00:01United States President Donald Trump has threatened to launch strikes against Oman if it interferes with talks between Washington and
00:08Tehran over the Strait of Hormuz.
00:10Iran has been involved in talks with Oman over establishing a secure passage for commercial shipping through the strait.
00:17Earlier this month, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arachi said negotiations were in the final stages,
00:22but stressed that any agreement between the two nations did not mean that the strait would be reopened.
00:29However, Trump has repeatedly insisted that the United States is in control of the strait,
00:34which provoked a response from Iran which said it will be closed and opened under Tehran's command.
00:40The Strait of Hormuz carried a fifth of the world's crude oil and liquefied natural gas before the war.
00:46It was effectively closed following the outbreak of the Iran war in late February.
00:50The memorandum of understanding signed between the U.S. and Iran had required Iran to reopen the waterway,
00:57while the U.S. said it would remove its naval blockade on Iran.
01:00Both sides have accused each other of violating the terms of the deal.
01:04The U.S. said it would remove its naval and the U.S. said to the U.S. said,
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