Iranian parliament speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says Iran has "reached an understanding" with Oman on the shipping lane and traffic separation scheme in the Strait of Hormuz. He made the claim in an Al Jazeera interview on Wednesday 11 November, as relayed by InvestingLive.
He says Washington has not yet given an official and specific response to Iran's latest letter. He also says it must meet Iran's seven conditions before Hormuz reopens and negotiations resume.
"The ball is now in the Americans' court, and they must make a decision and announce it."
Ghalibaf also claims the Americans visited Moscow and asked Putin to speak to Iran to arrange direct negotiations. He says there has been no change to Iran's negotiating team and he remains in charge.
Bloomingbit, citing Walter Bloomberg, reports him saying Hormuz "will not return to its prewar status". Iran International summarises him as saying Iran wants to end the state of neither war nor peace through sustained deterrence, not necessarily through negotiations.
The interview goes well beyond his earlier remark that Israelis are "working overtime" to drag the US into war. The US has not confirmed any of these claims, and they have not been independently checked.