Negotiations reportedly advance on nuclear program terms, sanctions relief, and maritime access, with officials signaling progress but no final agreement yet confirmed.
Britain and France, who are both members of the G7, have expressed interest in assisting with demining the critical waterway once the conflict is paused.
President Donald Trump said that as the bombing was underway Iranian leaders called him directly in the White House Situation Room and asked him to halt the attack, Fox News reported.
What caused the crash remained unclear on Tuesday, as the Middle East reeled from the latest exchange of fire between Iran and Israel, the biggest blow yet to the fragile ceasefire.
Trump warned Oman against any Iran-backed Hormuz arrangement, saying the US would “blow them up” if Muscat tried to jointly control the strategic waterway.
