Iran's Envoy to China Says Beijing to Get Hormuz Concessions

Sunday, July 05, 2026

Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said the critical waterway for energy supplies is now a matter of "national security" in the aftermath of the four-month US and Israeli war on the Islamic Republic. As such, "there will be new arrangements concerning the Strait of Hormuz with the collaboration and cooperation of the state of Oman," he said.

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Conflict will accelerate shift to renewables and search for alternatives to Strait of Hormuz, energy analysts say.

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... "We will definitely have special considerations for China, because China is a friendly country," Fazli said Saturday at the World Peace Forum in Beijing, without specifying what those concessions would entail. "Special treatment we should award to countries which are friendly to us."

The future management of the Strait of Hormuz is among several contentious issues being discussed as part of negotiations to secure a permanent end to the conflict. Iran effectively closed the strait when the US and Israel began airstrikes in late February, with traffic only recently picking up following an interim peace deal signed last month.

At least eight ships attempting to leave the Persian Gulf along the Omani coast turned back between Friday and Saturday, in the latest sign that reopening the strait remains fraught with complexity. ...

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... Of observable vessels, six navigated a route cleaving close to Oman's coast while four others sailed northward toward the Iranian route and exited the waterway ...

There was no immediate explanation for the ships that turned back on Friday and Saturday, though Iran has repeatedly said that vessels should only transit the strait through the route designated and authorized by the Islamic Republic. Naval liaison groups have yet to comment on the abrupt U-turns, although the Joint Maritime Intelligence Center repeated on Sunday that Iranian forces continue to harass shipping. ...

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-05 10:14 PM | Reply