Iranian foreign ministry’s Esmaeil Baqaei has emphasised that resolving the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz requires redressing the “violations” of the Islamabad MoU committed by the US, IRNA notes.

Responding to a query about compensation plans for shipping via Hormuz, Baqaei recalled that FM Abbas Araghchi was “referring to the fact that the current focus of the negotiations with Oman is on reaching an understanding on a safe shipping route, and this issue is separate from the discussion of opening the Strait of Hormuz”.

Baqaei asserted that the “Strait of Hormuz is insecure for other reasons, and resolving this situation requires compensating for all the violations that the United States is committing, such as the naval blockade that we are still facing”.