Two people familiar with the discussions over management of the waterway said that Iran was not planning a toll system, which would charge simply for transit. Instead, the talks with Oman have explored a proposal to charge vessels fees for services.

“They are trying to cleverly fit” their proposal into the legal framework, Mr. Kraska said. Still, he said, charging for passage in the waterway that has long been free, all while calling the toll a “fee” would be “almost like the mafia saying you have to pay protection money.”

Oman had initially rejected a joint partnership with Iran on the strait but is now in discussion over a share of the revenues, according to two Iranian officials familiar with the talks but not authorized to speak publicly. The officials said Oman told the Iranians that it was willing to use its influence with neighbors in the Gulf, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and with the United States to push the plan, having realized the potential economic benefits of a fee system.

Listed here are 42 fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft, including uncrewed aircraft (i.e., drones), reportedly lost or damaged in OEF, according to news reports and statements by DOD and U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). The number of aircraft damaged or destroyed may remain subject to revision due to multiple factors, which may include classification, ongoing combat activity, and attribution.

• 4 F-15E Strike Eagle fighter aircraft
• 1 F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft
• 1 A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack aircraft
• 7 KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft
• 1 E-3 Sentry airborne early warning-and-control system aircraft (AWACS)
• 2 MC-130J Commando II special operations aircraft
• 1 HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search-and-rescue helicopter
• 24 MQ-9 Reaper medium-altitude long-endurance uncrewed aircraft
• 1 MQ-4C Triton high-altitude long-endurance uncrewed aircraft

The Department of Defense (DOD, which is “using a secondary Department of War designation,” under Executive Order 14347 dated September 5, 2025)

The new pipeline will double ADNOC's export capacity through Fujairah, a port that sits on the Gulf of Oman just beyond Hormuz. The UAE has accelerated the construction of the project due to the Iran war. The pipeline is expected to become operational in 2027.

Trump zou Netanyahu duidelijk hebben gemaakt dat hij de diplomatieke weg nog een kans wil geven. Een Amerikaanse bron die bij het gesprek betrokken was, zegt tegen Axios(opent in nieuw venster) dat Netanyahu na dat gesprek woest was. Hij wil juist de aanvallen op Iran hervatten.

“They’re either going to make a deal or they’re going to be decimated,” Mr. Trump said on Tuesday before leaving for China. “So, one way or another, we win.”

If Mr. Trump decides to resume military strikes, options include more aggressive bombing runs at Iranian military and infrastructure targets, U.S. officials said.

Another option would put Special Operations troops on the ground to go after nuclear material buried deep underground, they said. Several hundred Special Operations forces arrived in the Middle East in March in a deployment meant to give Mr. Trump that option, the officials said.

As specialized ground troops, they could be used in a mission aimed at Iran’s highly enriched uranium at the Isfahan nuclear site. But such an operation would also need thousands of support troops, who would likely form a security perimeter and could be drawn into combat with Iranian troops.

Breaking: The U.A.E. has been secretly carrying out attacks on Iran https://t.co/f5xubUJXi5

ik heb niet de indruk dat de VS of Israël bij het voeren van deze oorlog rekening houden met de belangen van de Iraanse bevolking.

“Captain” Mark Kelly strikes again.

Now he’s blabbing on TV (falsely & dumbly) about a *CLASSIFIED* Pentagon briefing he received.

Did he violate his oath…again? @DeptofWar legal counsel will review. https://t.co/mPBZHxZqpr

— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) 10 mei 2026

We had this conversation in a public hearing a week ago and you said it would take “years” to replenish some of these stockpiles. That’s not classified, it’s a quote from you. This war is coming at a serious cost and you and the president still haven’t explained to the American… https://t.co/q3wX9AjRzO pic.twitter.com/5q7Gg81Xtg

— Senator Mark Kelly (@SenMarkKelly) 11 mei 2026

They warned that Israel’s threshold for a nuclear response may be lower than previously believed, particularly if its air defense systems are overwhelmed by heavy missile barrages. 

“They trifled with us today,” Mr. Trump told reporters as he made an unannounced visit to the site of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, which he is renovating. He was visiting shortly after the U.S. military confirmed the strikes on Iranian military sites. “We blew them away. They trifled — I call that a trifle.”

The president then asserted that the world would know when the United States considered the cease-fire over.

“If there’s no cease-fire, you’re not going to have to know,” he added. “You’re just going to have to look at one big glow coming out of Iran. And they better sign their agreement fast.”

Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reports that "several explosions" were heard near the Iranian city of Bandar Abbas. It says the "exact origin and location" of the sounds is still "unknown".

Fars adds that its investigations show that there was "exchange of fire" between Iranian armed forces and "the enemy" with commercial parts of a pier in Qeshm - the largest island in the Gulf - being "targeted".

Israeli journalists have said that Iran may have targeted two U.S. destroyers transiting eastbound out of the Strait of Hormuz in response to the U.S. interdictions of Iranian tankers earlier. pic.twitter.com/iK1MiMTJvo

There are numerous witness accounts through @Vahid of air defence activity and possible booms in Tehran pic.twitter.com/MrBsMnDXEo

— Faytuks News (@Faytuks) 7 mei 2026

DropjesLover schreef op donderdag 7 mei 2026 @ 12:30:
Ja en nee. Hezbollah is, net zoals Hamas, heel veel meer dan een rebellengroepering.
Vanuit het islamitisch gelooft is brede goede doelen opzetten / doen / steunen erg in de samenleving verweven.

Trishul schreef op donderdag 7 mei 2026 @ 14:04:
Proxy oorlogen doet iedereen daar, het is heel naïef om te denken dat de CIA en Mossad zich daar niet mee bezig houden. Maar het werkt wel aardig natuurlijk, het Frame dat Iran de grote destabilisator is in de regio.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Politico: A senior Gulf Arab official involved in the talks said Trump wants the war to end, but Iran also needs a way to “save face” politically.

❗️NBC News: Trump paused his plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz after 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia blocked the U.S. military from using its bases and airspace for the operation.

Dat staat geheel los van wat Israël of de VS aan eigen agressie en oorlogsmisdrijven op hun conto hebben — die zijn elders in deze draad uitvoerig benoemd en daar valt weinig op af te dingen. Het punt is alleen dat datzelfde theocratische regime vrouwen vermoordt om een hoofddoek, demonstranten ophangt aan bouwkranen, families de rekening voor de kogel laat betalen — en buiten de eigen grenzen al decennia het leven van Libanezen, Jemenieten en Syriërs verwoest via Hezbollah, de Houthi’s en milities in Damascus. Niet bepaald het profiel van een partij die de-escaleert.