Iran is jealously competing with Oman as decision-maker over strait of Hormuz

The Strait of Hormuz—one of the world's most critical shipping routes—has become the central battleground in US-Iran negotiations. According to The Guardian, Iran sees the strait as its chief bargaining tool in talks with America. But its neighbor Oman is mounting a competing bid for control of the waterway. The two nations are now locked in a test of wills, contesting every meter of a passage thirty-nine kilometers wide and racing to shape its future—a rivalry that could reshape US-Iran diplomacy and regional power.

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