Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that “some agreements have been reached” with Oman during a meeting in Muscat focused on the Strait of Hormuz, opening a third bilateral track for Tehran on the same day he was due to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
“Iran and Oman are both coastal countries along the Strait of Hormuz, and it was necessary to consult on this matter,” Araghchi said in a statement carried by Ada Derana citing CNN. “As the two countries overlooking this strait, Iran and Oman must maintain close coordination to ensure our common interests.” He added that consultations would continue at expert level.
Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi struck a more cautious tone in a post on X, describing his exchange with Araghchi as a “good discussion” on the strait that required “much diplomacy” and “practical solutions” to ensure freedom of navigation. Albusaidi made no mention of any agreements being signed — leaving open how far Tehran’s framing matches Muscat’s read-out.
Araghchi described his weekend trip to Pakistan — where Islamabad has been racing to salvage indirect Iran-United States talks — as “very successful,” even as US President Donald Trump cancelled the planned Witkoff and Kushner visit and the second round of mediation collapsed. The Iranian foreign minister’s three-capital itinerary — Islamabad, Muscat, and now Moscow — points to a deliberate diplomatic broadening as Tehran tests which channel might yield movement.
The Oman track is qualitatively different from Araghchi’s pivot to Russia, which has so far focused on Putin as a potential mediator with Washington. Muscat is one of the two coastal sovereigns of the Strait of Hormuz alongside Tehran, and a workable Iran-Oman coordination mechanism on the strait would be a precedent for any wider de-escalation framework. The strait remains under IRGC blockade.
