The site's independent assessment currently classifies the strait's status as closed to commercial shipping. In response, Iran closed the strait to all foreign shipping, with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps transmitting warnings over VHF radio declaring that no ship would be allowed to pass. New Iranian demands complicate the path forwardIran issued a fresh round of demands Saturday for what it would take to fully reopen the strait, according to reporting from NBC News based on Associated Press coverage. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Saturday that talks with Oman over how to manage navigation through the waterway were "approaching the final stages," according to CBS News. However, Araghchi was careful to separate that progress from any broader reopening of the strait to international traffic.