Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran would grant vessels safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz with the coordination of Iranian armed forces if U.S.-Israeli attacks against Iran stopped during the two-week ceasefire announced on April 7, Reuters reported on April 7. However, Israeli attacks against the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah in Lebanon have persisted, and Iranian media said oil tankers have been prevented from transiting the strait.

As part of the two-week ceasefire agreement, Iran and Oman are permitted to collect tolls on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz — though the Omani minister of transport has reiterated that Oman will not collect tolls — and Iran is reportedly charging $1 per barrel of oil transiting the strait, to be paid in cryptocurrency. A senior, unnamed Iranian official said the strait could reopen on April 9 or 10 ahead of the U.S.-Iran talks in Islamabad, which are set to begin on April 10, though continued Israeli attacks could jeopardize the talks.

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