Foreign ministry source denies report of Iran Oman rift over Hormuz transit fee, describes shift from north south corridors to a jointly managed middle route

An informed source at Iran's foreign ministry told Fars News Agency, carried by Ecoiran on Thursday, August 6, 2026 (15 Mordad 1405), that an earlier Reuters report describing a rift between Iran and Oman over the transit fee for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, with Iran seeking 5 to 7 percent of cargo value against Oman's proposed 3 percent, was inaccurate. The source said that under the general framework being discussed, ships would for a defined period enter the strait via a northern corridor close to Iran's coast and exit via a southern corridor close to Oman's coast; after that period, both the northern and southern corridors would be eliminated and all transit would shift to a single middle corridor, with inbound traffic managed by Iran and outbound traffic jointly managed by Iran and Oman. The source added that payments from vessels would not be based on a percentage of cargo value but would instead be structured as a services fee covering items such as insurance, refuelling and environmental costs.