Trump threatens military action against Oman over Iran deal and insists on US control of the Strait of Hormuz amid ongoing regional tensions. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Iranian and Omani officials have been talking for weeks on future maritime navigation arrangements through the Strait of Hormuz, and the foreign ministry in Tehran said earlier that the two sides were working on a joint declaration.

Iranian and Omani officials have been talking for weeks on future maritime navigation arrangements through the Strait of Hormuz, and the foreign ministry in Tehran said earlier that the two sides were working on a joint declaration.

“If Oman gets in the way, we’ll bomb the shit out of them,” Trump told a Fox News journalist.

Aug. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Monday to bomb Oman if the nation's leaders get "in the way of" any potential Iran deal with the United States.

President Donald Trump told Fox News that the US would bomb Oman if it “gets in the way,” using an expletive for emphasis.

The 60-day negotiating period to find a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran was expiring, with no word of an extension and both sides seemingly as far apart as they were at the start.

President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran would not make the ​deal he thinks is needed to end a war with the U.S. and should surrender as talks between the countries remained stalled.

Trump says Iran won’t make the deal needed to end the war, threatens Oman over Strait of Hormuz amid stalled nuclear talks. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A 60-day deadline for the United States and Iran to reach a wider agreement aimed at ending their conflict has expired without a final deal.US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud...

Both parties now appear to be gearing up for a protracted campaign of economic attrition. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Progress toward peace talks and a resumption of oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has stalled, with no sign of an end to the conflict. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Acceding to Iran's latest demands would mean giving it control over the Strait of Hormuz and would be tantamount to admitting defeat.

President Trump on Monday said making the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory would be a "great idea," repeating a proposal he floated in a speech a few days ago.

Iran has made an announcement related to reaching an understanding over the Strait of Hormuz transit route with Oman. Iranian Foreign Affairs spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told reporters in Tehran...

I'm no military strategist, but it seems unwise that our flailing, 80-year-old president is threatening to "bomb the s---" out of our Middle Eastern ally Oman while America is failing to end its ongoing and wholly unnecessary war with Iran.

Washington DC: US President Donald Trump on Monday warned Oman against getting involved in a deal with Iran over control of the Strait of Hormuz, saying