Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is scheduled to visit Oman on Saturday to discuss the Strait of Hormuz and broader regional development, a person familiar with the matter told CNN on Friday.
Iranian state media IRNA also reported that Araghchi will visit Oman with a diplomatic delegation on Saturday to discuss the situation in the strait, among other things.
The scheduled visit comes as interlocutors seek to rebuild a diplomatic process that has stalled. On Friday, US President Donald Trump reiterated that the US-Iran memorandum of understanding (MoU) is “terminated,” but said negotiations with Iran will continue.
Meanwhile, Aragushi accused the United States of violating provisions in Iran’s memorandum regarding its nuclear program.
“Unlike the so-called US Treasury Secretary who is violating Section 9 of the Memorandum of Understanding, Iran has so far kept its promises,” he said in a post on X early Saturday morning local time.
Paragraph 9 states that until a final deal is reached, Iran will “maintain the status quo of its nuclear program” and the United States will “not impose any new sanctions or send additional forces to the region.”
Iran’s chief negotiator also said that Iran is ready for “all-out defense” if the US violates the memorandum.
“We distrust the Americans. During the negotiations, we made it clear to the American vice president that we do not trust you,” Mohammad Berger Ghalibaf said on Friday.
The Strait of Hormuz, which runs between Iran and Oman, has an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the middle and has emerged as a major obstacle to a ceasefire as Iran continues to assert control over parts of the vital waterway and fired on ships earlier this week. In response, the United States launched a multi-day military offensive targeting Iran.
U.S. officials have said Iran has no control over the strait, but the memorandum does not specify that point. Rather, it is vague, calling on Iran to make “arrangements for the safe passage of commercial vessels” and engage with Oman to “determine the future management” of the waterway.
CNN’s Leah Mogul, Eyad Kurdi and Mitchell McCluskey contributed reporting.
