News Summary

• Iran has imposed an effective blockade of the strait since late February.
• Continued attacks in the waterway led to the collapse of an April ceasefire.
• Mediators have urged both sides to return to the terms of a June memorandum.
• Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Hormuz's reopening had "nothing to do with the negotiations between Iran and Oman", adding that the "enemy is forced to accept Iran's conditions for the opening of the Strait" Oman's foreign ministry condemned "repeated attacks on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuez", without naming Iran.