Oman and Iran propose charging ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz

newsJun 30, 2026271,760

Oman and Iran are moving forward with a plan to collect payments from ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, according to the New York Times and officials who briefed diplomats. The proposal, described by an Iranian official and four diplomats, would not be labeled a toll but would be modeled on Singapore’s “voluntary contributions for safe navigation.” Oman, which is allied with the United States, has advanced the proposal despite public American objections and after recent strikes and a ceasefire and memorandum of understanding tied to the U.S.-Iran war. Iran has said it will insist on arrangements that require vessels to coordinate with Tehran for transit, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has warned it could close the passage again if it does not receive guarantees. Mediators are expected to discuss the interim deal in Doha, although no high-level, face-to-face meetings are currently scheduled. If enacted, the payment scheme would mark a significant change from prewar norms in the strategic waterway and could intensify diplomatic and security disputes over freedom of navigation.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸

@nothoodlum.bsky.social

What is he going to do, bomb them again? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/w...

47645d ago

Patricia15

Wait until Friday 5pm after the stock market closes.

CALI GIRL9

The orange imbecile really fked things up for the whole world.

plasticscouser.bsky.social7

Not a lot of people know that like the word dumb, bomb has a B in it too 🤪

ken-shabby7

Many don't know this but, there's no 'b' in bomb.

Spencer Green6

He'll let Bibi do it and say (in Gene Wilder/Willy Wonka voice): "Stop. Please. Don't do that."

factsonly007.bsky.social4

My wish for Bill Cassidy is he is banished from any world politics for being the tallest vagina the US has ever seen. Fucking asshole for changing his vote after daddy whore bucks dragged him to the situation room. 😡

Quoting this

Antonia 🦋 🩵 💙🦋 Democratic Election Judge, Autism Awareness3

Someone needs to stop the narcissistic lunatic from madness.

Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Chris Wright: "Iran has been cooperative at all yet. The flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz is thanks to the US military. No cooperation from Iran yet."

32545d ago

Devin's Barn Cat27

that is code for: we're going to manipulate the stock market some more and gas prices are going to go up again

Dr. Realcheepadvice17

There must be tens of people at the fair.

mmk93.bsky.social14

No the flow of oii was moving quite nicely before Trump got involved.

Michael Samonek9

Why would Iran cooperate tho?

Mike Bloom9

Funny, how when you a bomb a country and blow up little girls going to school, the country that got bombed is not really eager to talk

Baja Arizona. We fight on.7

Wait, gotta do a breath check. Is he breathing? Yes. He's lying.

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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول5

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox News: Iran has not been cooperative at all yet. The continued flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz is thanks to the US military.

White Rose Witching2

Remember the Strait was totally open before Trump started this mess.

Carl Quintanilla

@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

(NYT) - Iran and U.S.-allied Oman are moving forward with plans to collect payment for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, despite public American objections, according to an Iranian official and four diplomats with knowledge of the matter. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/w...

16845d ago

Dave Czaja1

So, Donald Trump finally set up a private bank account in Oman, right? Melania, too? The kids? Maybe Barron has a contract to sell yerba mate to the ships going through the Straight.

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mtsw116

Total Iranian victory but probably the best outcome for Trump still available since it will actually lower the price of gas before the midterms:

Grudgie the Whale10

The Supreme Court calls this “tipping”

Constantine8

This is both very funny in the dark sense and also very troubling. This is a precedent that the world literally cannot afford to be set and exactly what we all knew was going to happen.

Peggy Stuart

@peggystuart.bsky.social

Cleveland Fed President: Core inflation has been very persistent as well. Inflation pressures are coming from energy, supply chain disruptions with the Strait of Hormuz but I'm also hearing about pressures from insurance and electricity. It's a more broad based picture of inflation pressures.

9245d ago

Missing The Point

@missingthept.bsky.social

U.S. military proposes a plan to secure the Strait of Hormuz by removing all persons within a 12 mile radius of it by opening a Great American State Fair there.

17144d ago

Locksmith1

This wins the internets for today.

tfortrixie.bsky.social1

I laughed out loud at work at your comment! Well done👏🏻

Shipwreck

@shipwreck75.bsky.social

Iran and U.S.-allied Oman are moving forward with plans to collect payment for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The payments would not be labeled a toll, but modeled off the Singapore “voluntary contributions for safe navigation.”-NYT

13545d ago

Jay’s Art Corner8

“There was a foreign word for this - inn-sewer-rants - but Ankh-Morpork had made it its own.”

hermanvon.bsky.social6

Just like the mafia is not collecting protection tax, just a voluntary contribution to fire prevention of your establishment

Scott Kraft1

And come with an EZ-pass.

Christian Bisti 🌍🇮🇹🇺🇦🇬🇱 #facciamorete1

Whoever doesn't pay will find a horse's head in his bed

shazbot1.bsky.social1

Lol. I believe this is called a protection racket.

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Guy Trivago45

This all will be figured out after this weekends traditional exchanging of fire to mark the closing of the market.

Matthew Downhour 29

I hope you paid your voluntarily contributions for safe navigation

Marittima13

“Contributo volontario” non mi sarebbe venuto in mente 😀

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕒 ℙ𝕠𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥7

"That's a real nice oil tanker you've got there. Yeah, real nice... Ali, c'mere and check out this real nice tanker. Sure would be a shame if something Bad happened to it. But, uh, we'd be happy to protect it for you, for a very reasonable, entirely voluntary contribution..."

Ben2

Oman learned from the best

Modus Pwnens2

lol add another one. "Special Military Operation" "Ceasefire Management" "Voluntary Contributions for Safe Navigation" ie: Nice ship you've got there. Be a shame if something happened to it. Might want to voluntarily give us some money. You know, for safety.

Nicholas Grossman

@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social

The US and Iran shooting at each other over the freedom of ships in the Strait of Hormuz despite an MOU and ceasefire shows how "Trump messed up this war so badly that the U.S. aim now is just to get back to something like the pre-war status quo. And at this point, even that looks unachievable."

10145d ago

Debbie Lefkowitz2

0 chance we get back to the prewar status quo. We lost, they won.

Hari Rao2

Of all the stupid government own-goals I’ve ever seen, this has to be the stupidest.

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epicfubar.bsky.social63

Like so many other norms that were taken for granted, freedom of passage through the Strait of Hormuz is not coming back.

Greg Linden23

Definitely worth reading, a teaser: "Fear of a big energy market disruption ... was a main reason Trump surrendered to Iran in the first place ... For now, countries and companies are covering the oil shortfall by drawing down reserves, but reserves are running out."

Dean Obeidallah

@deanobeidallah.bsky.social

NEW: Iran and Oman would collect payment for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, according to officials and diplomats with knowledge of the matter. Trump lost the war and the new toll deal for Iran is proof of it! www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/w...

5345d ago

Drop Site

@dropsitenews.com

🌊 Why are the US & Iran clashing over the Strait of Hormuz? Ryan Grim & Murtaza Hussain discuss why Washington has continued trying to push vessels through the Omani side of the strait while Iran insists ships can transit “freely,” provided they coordinate w/ Tehran, as outlined in the recent US...

🌊 Why are the U.S. and Iran clashing over the Strait of Hormuz?

Ryan Grim and Murtaza Hussain discuss why Washington has continued trying to push vessels through the Omani side of the strait while Iran insists ships can transit “freely,” provided they coordinate with Tehran, as outlined in the recent U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding.

They also unpack Iran’s proposal to charge ships fees for navigation, mine clearance, environmental protection, and other maritime services.

Maz explains the fees are less about revenue than leverage. By requiring ships to coordinate with Iran, Tehran would institutionalize its role in administering one of the world’s most important shipping lanes and gradually reintegrate itself into the global economy after years of sanctions.

Ryan Grim joked about just how “voluntary” those service fees would be:

“So you can pass for free technically… It’s free passage… but you might hit a mine.”

🎥 Watch the full discussion. ⬇️
@ryangrim
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@MazMHussain

5444d ago

Scott Horton

@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

Just in passing, NYT notes why Trump's reaction to Iranian fee collection is totally schizophrenic: "Iran and US-allied Oman are moving forward with plans to collect payment for ships transitingHormuz, despite public American objections."

3144d ago

Scott Horton13

The US has told the Omanis that their fees are okay, but they need to keep this under wraps.

Robert Fischoff3

You get what you pay for. Elect an incompetent, stupid, conman, criminal child raper and the outcome is predictable. The American Empire is dead.

Todd Goldsbie1

If there are any they should triple the price for American flagged vessels.

Aidan O’Brien

@aidanobrien.bsky.social

The strait of Hormuz remains closed indefinitely. EU energy reserves are 75% below where they’re supposed to be in July. We’re facing a winter of potential serious discontent, & disruption, so this pig headed insistence by the Irish government is both economically and environmentally illiterate…

2345d ago

Chris⚖️Justice

@chrisjustice01.bsky.social

🧐 Iran: Current Situation: 6/30/26 "If Trump does not implement the MOU, then the Strait of Hormuz will not be open for business as usual. He signed the MOU because he was desperate. If he does not implement the deal, he will remain desperate." www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp3O...

2144d ago

Vickie1

Self inflicted wounds. It would be fun to watch if children weren't dying, because of this worthless POS's administration.

Mickey Kuhns

@mickeykuhns.bsky.social

The Strait of Hormuz isn’t just a Middle East problem. When nearly 20% of the world’s oil flows through one chokepoint, disruptions mean higher gas, shipping, grocery, and utility costs. Americans will feel the pain long after the headlines fade. nationalsecurityjournal.org/the-economic...

2345d ago

alemap-sc.bsky.social1

And greater portion of the world is amazing achieving renewable energy. Trump and his big oil buddies holding us back while rest world goes forward to less fossil fuel dependency.

Dev1

The whole world will feel it. This jabbering monkey screwed the entire world.

Prime Ministah1

the early econ analysts predicted 2nd half of 26 would be the beginning of the pain. so, here we go

ireidani.bsky.social

@ireidani.bsky.social

The only problem with this joke is that we did not end up even remotely close to having the deal that Obama's people negotiated and signed with Iran. There is no nuclear deal. Instead, Trump has effectively surrendered the right of passage through the Strait of Hormuz to Iran.

1545d ago

PBS News

@pbsnews.org

This latest diplomatic effort comes days after a new round of strikes and with tensions remaining high over the Strait of Hormuz. On Monday, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson said mediators will discuss the interim deal struck earlier this month, but there will be no face-to-face talks.

1144d ago

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nytimes.comAfter U.S.-Iran War, Oman Said to Propose Hormuz Fee Plan scoopfeeds.comAfter U.S.-Iran War, Oman Is Said to Propose Strait of Hormuz Fee Plan

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Oman and Iran propose charging ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz

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