TEHRAN-MUSCAT, August 17. /Dunyo IA/. Iran and Oman are continuing complex negotiations on a mechanism to ensure the safe passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, but a final agreement has not yet been reached, reports Dunyo IA correspondent, citing CNN.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the talks were continuing “in all seriousness.” According to him, the sides have agreed on a “transit route map,” but a joint statement and final agreement have yet to be finalized.

He noted that several external actors, including “malevolent parties” interested in maintaining conflict and chaos in the region, are attempting to influence the process. Shipping traffic through the strait remains below pre-war levels.

Amid the talks, Iran is tightening oversight of its domestic market. First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref ordered measures to address overpricing, underweight selling and hoarding.

Earlier, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington was preparing “unprecedented economic” measures against Iran. U.S. President Donald Trump also said he intended to increase economic pressure on Tehran.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, meanwhile, said that the United States and Israel had failed to achieve their objectives. “We have truly won this war,” he told Iranian media.

The 60-day period set in June under the initial US-Iran peace agreement expired today, but no concrete plan to end the war has yet been announced.

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