The authorities of Qatar have pointed out this Tuesday that the countries acting as mediators between the United States and Iran are waiting for Tehran and Oman to finalize an agreement on the management of transit in the Strait of Hormuz before reactivating contacts between Washington and Tehran.
In a press conference, the spokesperson for the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mayed al Ansari, explained that these mediators, which include Pakistan, Turkey, Oman, and Qatar, are awaiting an understanding regarding the passage of Hormuz to serve as leverage to promote new conversations between the United States and Iran.
Al Ansari emphasized that the intention is to facilitate both parties to resume negotiations once Iran and Oman make their bilateral agreement on the administration of this strategic enclave public, which has become the epicenter of the current dispute between Washington and Tehran.
The tension surrounding this commercial corridor has reignited this very Tuesday, after the President of the United States, Donald Trump, disseminated an image on social media in which he defines the Strait of Hormuz as "new territory" of the United States. Minutes later, Iranian authorities responded through the Deputy Foreign Minister, Kazem Qaribabadi, who described Trump's claims about this strategic point as "illusions" on his profiles.
This exchange of messages between Washington and Tehran coincides with the expiration of the deadline that both parties had set to finalize a definitive peace agreement and address the Iranian nuclear dossier. The President of the Parliament and chief negotiator of Iran, Mohamed Baqer Qalibaf, has insisted that Hormuz will not be opened until the United States fulfills the commitments made in the memorandum of understanding signed in mid-June.