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Iran-Oman Shipping Safety Deal Near; Joint IMO Memo Expected Within Days

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Iran-Oman Shipping Safety Deal Near; Joint IMO Memo Expected Within Days

⚓ HORMUZ — Oman brokering Iran's shipping deal hours after rescuing its victims. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: A joint Iran-Oman IMO memorandum creates legal safe corridors — insulating commercial traffic from IRGC interdiction. Riyadh's exposure shifts if corridors are formalized. But Oman deployed coast guard yesterday to rescue Saudi crew from an Iranian strike: that contradiction is Muscat's leverage. Tehran needs the IMO cover; Oman is extracting a price.

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