NewzOn Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Al-Busaidi in Tehran, where the two nations issued a joint statement proposing a temporary shipping lane and a joint mine-clearing project to resume safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
Concurrently, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the U.S. Navy has successfully cleared all mines from the main shipping lane of the strait following a low-key operation over the past several months.
The removal of the mines and the proposed shipping corridor are expected to significantly increase oil tanker transit through the critical waterway, thereby diminishing Iran's strategic leverage over global energy markets.
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