Iran and Oman were in the âfinal stagesâ of an agreement to establish a commercial route in the Strait of Hormuz, Tehranâs state media said Wednesday, though analysts cautioned the deal was unlikely to resolve the wider disputes fueling the conflict.
Tehran has threatened to strike Gulf nations if Washington launches new strikes, Reuters reported, underscoring the Islamic Republicâs strategy of pressuring the White House by going after its regional allies, as they rush to replace depleted US munitions.
US President Donald Trumpâs expansive war aims have shrunk to merely reopening the strait, which was operating freely before the war, and claiming any sort of win is getting âharder and harder to do,â a former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia told the Financial Times.