Iran Halts All Petrochem Exports While Official Signals Compromise Strait Passage Opening, As Negotiators Cite ‘Progress’

Big Iran Overture in the Works? A status quo compromise emerging? The latest to hit the newswires: IRAN COULD CONSIDER SHIPS BEING ABLE TO SAIL THROUGH OMAN SIDE OF STRAIT OF HORMUZ WITHOUT INTERFERENCE OR ATTACK AS PART OF A DEAL WITH THE US: REUTERS, CITING SOURCE CLOSE TO TEHRAN IRAN WILL MAINTAIN CONTROL OVER ITS WATERS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND OMAN WILL DECIDE ABOUT ITS OWN SIDE OF THE WATERWAY – SOURCE CLOSE TO TEHRAN Iran has just signaled willingness to allow strait traffic pass unconditionally on the Oman side of the strait, perhaps as a face-saving measure, amid talk of a 2nd Pakistan peace summit being put together, as a potential uneasy status quo emerges. Iran Halts Petrochemical Exports Is Trump’s blockade working? IRAN HALTS PETROCHEMICAL EXPORTS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: ISNA vessels stuck in the Strait of Hormuz, CNBC also in a breaking headline writes:  Iran halts all petrochemical exports ‘until further notice,’ Iranian state media reports. This comes after a new Pentagon warning to all vessels stuck in the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM Updates Tanker Numbers amid Blockade CENTCOM provides a Wednesday update: “During the first 48 hours of the U.S. blockade on ships entering and […]

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