“Iran threatened to black out the Gulf, country by country, if Trump attacked its power plants,” a Gulf official told AFP, with another regional official confirming the messaging. Under the proposal, inbound traffic would be managed by Iran, while outbound traffic would be managed jointly by Iran and Oman. His remarks come amid tensions around the Strait of Hormuz following recent military confrontations between the US and Iran. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei claimed that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz resulted from US and Israeli “military aggression” against Iran. Iran reported "significant progress" in the talks and said both ⁠inward and outward journeys would pass through Iranian waters.