US not involved in Hormuz talks with Oman: Iran

Tehran: Iran's foreign ministry on Monday said the United States was not involved in recent talks with the Sultanate of Oman over the administration of the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

'These talks have no connection with the United States. They are a bilateral matter between Iran and Oman, and they are continuing,' said the ministry's spokesman, Esmaeil Baqaei, in a daily press briefing, adding that the waterway 'remains closed'.

Negotiations between Iran and Oman on the key waterway were held on Friday and Saturday, according to the foreign ministry spokesman.

“There were useful discussions on how to manage shipping in the Strait of Hormuz,” said Esmaeil Baghaei.

“The situation in the Strait of Hormuz has not changed; it remains closed and these negotiations have nothing to do with the US.”

He added that Iran has not asked to ⁠resume talks with ⁠the United States ‌to end ​the ⁠war, ​and the ‌situation in ​the Strait of Hormuz has ‌not ​changed, Iran's ​foreign ‌ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil ⁠Baghaei, ​said on ⁠Monday.

The Iranian foreign ministry’s spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, says Tehran has not requested a restart of negotiations ⁠with the United States to ‌end the war.

Tensions between the US and Iran have intensified in recent weeks, with Washington carrying out attacks and Tehran responding by targeting what it said were US military facilities and equipment in countries across the Middle East.

The Iranian foreign ministry’s spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, says Washington thought “Iran would collapse in three days and surrender” after the start of the US-Israeli war.

“Now, months later, America is stuck in this place, and they are proud of their crimes,” he told reporters in Tehran.

Baghaei said the United States returns to the negotiation table whenever global energy prices increase.