U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it “gets in the way” of a U.S. deal with Tehran on the Strait of Hormuz, the key waterway for Gulf exports, and called for Iran to surrender.
Tehran and Muscat have been talking for weeks on future maritime navigation arrangements through the shipping route, and the Foreign Ministry in Tehran said on earlier Monday (August 17, 2026) that the two sides were working on a joint declaration.
Also read: Iran says it will escalate if U.S. does not honour deal within weeksIranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said on Monday (August 17, 2026) that a 60-day deadline for negotiations included in June’s memorandum of understanding was “irrelevant” because the U.S. had violated the deal early on.
Also read: Indian sailors’ SOS: ‘Company asking us to risk lives, cross Strait of Hormuz’Meanwhile, Yemen’s Houthi rebels said on Monday (August 17, 2026) they had targeted a Saudi military vessel and four accompanying boats in the Red Sea, as part of their maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia.
The UN rights chief voiced alarm Monday at the rising civilian toll of escalating hostilities in Yemen.
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it “gets in the way” of a U.S. deal with Tehran on the Strait of Hormuz, the key waterway for Gulf exports, and called for Iran to surrender.
Tehran and Muscat have been talking for weeks on future maritime navigation arrangements through the shipping route, and the Foreign Ministry in Tehran said on earlier Monday (August 17, 2026) that the two sides were working on a joint declaration.
Also read: Iran says it will escalate if U.S. does not honour deal within weeks
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said on Monday (August 17, 2026) that a 60-day deadline for negotiations included in June’s memorandum of understanding was “irrelevant” because the U.S. had violated the deal early on.
Also read: Indian sailors’ SOS: ‘Company asking us to risk lives, cross Strait of Hormuz’
Meanwhile, Yemen’s Houthi rebels said on Monday (August 17, 2026) they had targeted a Saudi military vessel and four accompanying boats in the Red Sea, as part of their maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia. The UN rights chief voiced alarm Monday at the rising civilian toll of escalating hostilities in Yemen.
