Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmer Bagae said at a regular press conference on Monday that recent thematic negotiations between Iran and Oman on establishing a new security mechanism for the Strait of Hormuz failed to reach the expected results. This was entirely due to open and covert political pressure on Oman by the United States. Bagae accuses the US of disrupting regional security efforts, and emphasizes that Iran, as a coastal country, has the right and responsibility to take necessary measures to protect its own security and national interests. Earlier, the US military carried out military attacks on targets in Iran for two consecutive nights, while Iran counterattacked US military facilities located in various Gulf countries. In this context, the US-Iran geographical conflict and the safety of shipping order in the Strait of Hormuz have attracted great attention from the international community. Bagae pointed out that during bilateral talks with Oman last weekend, the two sides focused entirely on establishing new shipping arrangements for the Strait of Hormuz. He stressed that Tehran has always been committed to ensuring the safe passage of ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, and originally hoped to reach a multilateral security cooperation mechanism through negotiations with Oman, but the US side's deep intervention directly hindered the establishment of this mechanism.

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