### [2026-06-1](/feed/2026/06/1/index.md)

##### Middle Eastern crisis
# Iranian deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi says that Iran and Oman are the only two countries with the right to "exercise sovereignty" over the Strait of Hormuz, and that Iran implemented a new process for controlling maritime traffic in coordination with Oman. 




### Sources:

1. [Al Jazeera](https://aje.news/xhk3kr?update=4617065)

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1. ["The New York Times" reports that the U.S. Central Command has guided 70 commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz in the last three weeks, using routes closer to the Omani coast. ](/feed/2026/05/31/the-new-york-times-reports-that-the-us-central-command-has-guided-70-commercial-ships-through-the-strait-of-hormuz-i.md) _Context: Middle Eastern crisis, Oman, maritime traffic_
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5. [Iranian deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi says that Iran and Oman are drafting a protocol to oversee maritime transit through the Strait of Hormuz. ](/feed/2026/04/2/iranian-deputy-foreign-minister-kazem-gharibabadi-says-that-iran-and-oman-are-drafting-a-protocol-to-oversee-maritime-tr.md) _Context: Kazem Gharibabadi, Middle Eastern crisis, Oman_
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8. [Oman orders the evacuation of vessels from the Mina Al Fahal oil port. ](/feed/2026/03/12/oman-orders-the-evacuation-of-vessels-from-the-mina-al-fahal-oil-port.md) _Context: Middle Eastern crisis, Oman_
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