In brief The UAE condemned an attack on a state-owned tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran and Oman said talks were nearing "final stages" but that did not mean a re-opening of the Strait was imminent. Iran set preconditions on Saturday for a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, including compensation for war damages, complicating a potential deal to open the waterway essential to the world economy. Continued attacks in the strait, which was free to transit before the war, led to the collapse of an April ceasefire. Oman's foreign ministry on Saturday condemned "repeated attacks on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz", without naming Iran.