Oman pledged not to toll Strait of Hormuz following Trump’s threat to ‘blow them up’: Bessent

Nypost · 🇮🇷 public Iran · May 28, 2026 · 347 words · By Caitlin Doornbos

International Diplomacy US-Oman Relations Maritime Security

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Oman pledged not to toll Strait of Hormuz following Trump’s threat to ‘blow them up’: Bessent See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Oman pledged not to toll Strait of Hormuz following Trump’s threat to ‘blow them up’: Bessent See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleWASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed Thursday that Oman won’t be going along with Iran’s scheme to toll the Strait of Hormuz — after a chilling threat from President Trump.

Common ground

Bessent told reporters that he spoke personally with an official from Oman who pledged not to collect fees for passage through the key waterway.

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Claim 1: “Tehran in its latest draft proposal for an agreement with the US suggested that Iran and Oman “manage” the strait once it is reopened”

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Independent sources report that Iran's draft proposal suggested joint management of the strait by Iran and Oman, including a protocol to oversee maritime transit.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Active hostilities broke out after surprise US–Israeli airstrikes targeting military and govern…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 28 February 2026, as part of the 2026 Iran War, Iran began launching a series of drone strikes on sites in Oman and the Strait of Hormuz, initially targeting the Port of Duqm and the Port of Sala…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iranian_strikes_on_Oman

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis

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Claim 2: “Trump’s warning on Wednesday that Oman must “behave just like everybody else, or we will have to blow them up.””

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Three independent news sources (including The New York Times) quote President Trump's specific warning that Oman must 'behave just like everybody else, or we'll have to blow them up' during a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 8 April 2026, shortly after the announcement of a ceasefire to the 2026 Iran war and Hezbollah signalling a pause in attacks against Israel according to the ceasefire, Israel launched what it descr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_April_2026_Israeli_attacks_o…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article chronicles a list of ships attacked, damaged or sunk during the 2026 Iran war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ships_attacked_during_…

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Claim 3: “Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed Thursday that Oman won’t be going along with Iran’s scheme to toll the Strait of Hormuz”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated on Thursday that Oman assured him it would not charge shipping tolls in the Strait of Hormuz.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of current finance ministers of the 193 United Nations member states, Holy See (Vatican City) and the State of Palestine. Finance ministers of sovereign countries with limited recogniti…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States relationship with Oman dates back 200 years, with American merchant ships making port calls in Oman as early as 1790. Oman was the first nation from the Arabian Peninsula to recogniz…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman–United_States_relations

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Claim 4: “he’d held a call earlier Thursday with the Omani ambassador to the US, who “assured me that there were no plans for tolling the strait.””

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Multiple sources confirm Scott Bessent held a call with the Omani ambassador on Thursday and received assurances that there were no plans for tolling the strait.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–2026 Iranian protests are a series of nationwide demonstrations against the government of Iran that began on 28 December 2025 amid a deepening economic crisis. The unrest followed a sharp dep…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred. July 4, 2026, will be the 250th anniversary of the signin…
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Claim 5: “A US agreement proposal reported Thursday made no mention of Oman or Iran managing the strait, but held that Tehran would be banned from charging a toll to access the waterway.”

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While evidence confirms the general conflict over tolls and the existence of Iranian proposals for joint management, the specific details of a 'US agreement proposal reported Thursday' that explicitly banned Tehran from tolls while omitting joint management are not independently corroborated by the provided search results.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Al…
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