Iran wants the U.S. to lift the blockade, pay compensation for months of war damage, lift economic sanctions and release Iran’s frozen assets.

Iran says talks with Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz are progressing, while also stressing that resuming traffic is tied to U.S. concessions in broader negotiations between the two countries.

Yemen's Houthis claimed a drone strike on a Saudi Aramco facility in Jazan. The attack came as Iran hardened conditions on US talks and any reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.