Iran will seek to bar US and Israeli ships from the Strait of Hormuz and require compensation from hostile countries before they’re allowed to sail through it, according to local media reports on a proposed Iran-Oman deal to manage the crucial waterway. The agreement has become key to expectations for a reopening of Hormuz and a resumption of energy flows that have been throttled since the US and Israel attacked Iran in February. But asked during a White House event on Thursday evening about the negotiations, President Donald Trump responded: “Moving along good”. There aren’t many US- or Israeli-flagged commercial ships globally, and few have sailed in and out of the Persian Gulf since the war started. In any event, Trump would be unlikely to agree to such a concession after months of insisting that American armed forces had essentially defeated Iran.