{"id":3636,"date":"2026-05-29T04:34:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T01:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/oman-vows-to-keep-strait-of-hormuz-toll-free-after-trump-threat\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T04:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T01:34:37","slug":"oman-vows-to-keep-strait-of-hormuz-toll-free-after-trump-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/oman-vows-to-keep-strait-of-hormuz-toll-free-after-trump-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Oman vows to keep Strait of Hormuz toll-free after Trump threat"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to New York Post<\/em>, Bessent<\/strong> told reporters he received direct assurances from Omani officials that the Gulf nation will not collect fees for passage through the strategically vital waterway. The pledge came just one day after Trump delivered an unmistakable message: Oman must behave just like everybody else, or we will have to blow them up.<\/em><\/p>\n

The President’s comments addressed mounting tensions over the Strait of Hormuz, the critical oil-shipping chokepoint linking the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman. Tehran’s latest draft proposal for a potential agreement with the United States suggested that Iran and Oman jointly “manage” the strait once reopened, capitalizing on the fact that both nations border the narrow passage.<\/p>\n

White House Prioritizes Freedom of Navigation<\/h2>\n

When questioned by reporters whether the administration was preparing for armed conflict with Oman, Bessent clarified that Trump’s intent was to emphasize America’s commitment to freedom of navigation through the strait. The Treasury Secretary revealed he had spoken Thursday morning with the Omani ambassador to the United States, who confirmed there were no plans to implement tolling measures.<\/p>\n

The ambassador reportedly attempted to ease tensions by highlighting the two-century relationship between Washington and Muscat, expressing hope for another 200 years of cooperation. But Bessent left no ambiguity about the administration’s position on any threats to commercial shipping through the chokepoint.<\/p>\n

Sanctions Threat Backs Diplomatic Message<\/h2>\n

Bessent made clear to his Omani counterpart that any tolling arrangement was a nonstarter. He conveyed that Oman risked seeing both individual citizens and financial institutions hit with American sanctions if the nation proceeded with such plans.<\/p>\n

A separate U.S. agreement proposal reported Thursday conspicuously omitted any reference to Oman or Iran managing the strait. Instead, the American position explicitly prohibits Tehran from charging any toll for access to the waterway, reinforcing Washington’s longstanding doctrine of unrestricted international maritime passage through strategic chokepoints.<\/p>\n

With information from New York Post<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Oman has assured the U.S. it will not collect tolls on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz after President Trump threatened action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":3635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[196,96,3783,2302,277,3782,280,209],"nfg_topic":[135],"class_list":["post-3636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-donald-trump","tag-iran","tag-oil-shipping","tag-oman","tag-operation-in-iran","tag-scott-bessent","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-united-states","nfg_topic-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3636"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=3636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}