US Treasury Secretary Threatens Oman With Sanctions If It ‘Facilitates Tolls’ for the Strait of Hormuz
Scott Bessent said the United States will not tolerate fees on ships and will penalize any partners involved, citing 20% of global oil flows.
- On Thursday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned that Washington will "not tolerate" tolling systems in the Strait of Hormuz, cautioning Oman that the US Treasury will "aggressively target" any actors facilitating such fees.
- President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to "blow them up" if Oman participated in joint control of the waterway with Iran, insisting that international waters must remain free from such arrangements.
- Hours before Bessent's warning, the Treasury sanctioned Iran's "Persian Gulf Strait Authority," citing that about 20 percent of global oil flows through the Hormuz Strait, a critical energy bottleneck.
- Ali Bagheri Kani, deputy secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, stated Thursday that Tehran seeks to "establish a just order" that negates hegemony and strengthens regional cooperation.
- Three months into the conflict, the United States and Iran have accused each other of violating an ongoing truce following a serious exchange of fire, with indirect talks remaining at a standstill.
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The Persian diplomat, Esmaeil Baghaei, described Washington's position as an unfounded pretext and an absolutely illegal act contrary to the fundamental principles of the Charter of the United Nations and international law.
The US Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, said on Thursday that Washington "will not tolerate any attempt to establish a toll system" with Iran in the Strait, confirming the discontent of the White House tenant expressed the previous day.
The U.S. President warns that he will "fly through the air" the Sultanate if he agrees with Tehran to control the Strait. His Treasury Secretary promises sanctions while Iran accuses Washington of "matonism." More information: Iran holds back the Revolutionary Guards after the Ormuz attack because he trusts to take Trump out 24,000 M for peace.
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