00:00Iran says it is preparing conditions for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz
00:04as regional mediators push for shipping to resume through the key waterway.
00:09Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezai
00:13says Tehran has agreed with Oman on a shipping corridor through the strait.
00:18Under the proposed arrangement, ships would use a designated channel
00:22running through both Iranian and Omani waters.
00:25Rezai says the corridor could open if Washington meets Iran's conditions
00:29which include an end to the US blockade and sanctions.
00:33The developments come as Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani
00:38visited Tehran to push for a return to diplomacy.
00:41But US President Donald Trump says Washington is not currently seeking talks with Iran.
00:47Al Thani urged Iran to respect freedom of navigation
00:50while Tehran called on neighbouring countries not to allow their territory
00:54to be used for US action against Iran.
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