The Iranian Foreign Minister visits Oman, a mediating power, amid new ultimatums from the US

The Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, arrived this Saturday in the capital of Oman, Muscat, to discuss the extremely delicate moment that negotiations with the United States are going through, after a week of bombing exchanges and a new American ultimatum for Tehran to publicly announce this Saturday the unrestricted opening of the Strait of Hormuz.

Araqchi has been received by his Omani counterpart, Badr al Busaidi, who until the outbreak of war on February 28 was in charge of putting both countries in contact during a series of negotiations on the status of the Iranian nuclear program, interrupted by the wave of joint attacks launched that day by the United States and Israel against the capital of Iran and other strategic points.

The visit occurs in the midst of the latest North American threat: official US sources have confirmed that the United States has given Iran until this Saturday to publicly announce that it will allow free, safe and unrestricted navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.

“The Trump administration demands that Iran issue a public statement on Saturday recognizing the opening of the Strait of Hormuz and committing to cease attacks on merchant ships,” US officials told reporters at a press conference on Friday, as reported by Axios and the Wall Street Journal.

These demands, according to these sources, have been conveyed to the Iranian negotiators both directly and through the mediation of Pakistan and Qatar.