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Indian oil tanker HAANA backed off from the southern Strait of Hormuz route after a warning, a report claimed, as Iran and Oman continue talks on safe navigation.
Indian oil tanker HAANA backed off from the southern Strait of Hormuz route after receiving a warning, a report has claimed (Photo: Reuters)
An Indian oil tanker named HAANA was warned against passing through the southern route of the Strait of Hormuz and backed off following the warning, Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency reported on Wednesday.
The report comes as Iran and Oman continue talks on arrangements for shipping through the strategically important waterway, while commercial traffic through the strait remains sharply below normal levels.
According to the report, the Indian oil tanker HAANA was attempting “moments ago” to pass through the southern route of the Strait of Hormuz, which the agency referred to as the Oman Corridor.
Fars reported that the vessel backed off after receiving a warning.
The agency described the development as a “Major Standoff Opposite Indian Ship in Strait of Hormuz”.
“No traffic has been observed in the southern route of the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours,” the report further mentioned.
The report did not provide details about the nature of the warning or identify the Iranian vessel involved beyond the information contained in its account.
The development comes amid efforts by Iran and Oman to work out arrangements for the movement of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, where shipping has been severely disrupted during the ongoing conflict.
Iran-Oman Deal On Hormuz Not Yet Final
Reuters reported that Iran and Oman were still working on the details of an agreement over the Strait of Hormuz, despite statements from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that the two countries had reached an understanding on how to share the waterway and its revenues.
A senior Iranian source told Reuters that “An agreement with Oman over the Strait of Hormuz has not been finalised”, adding that negotiations were continuing.
IRGC spokesperson Hossein Mohebbi, however, said Iran and Oman had reached results acceptable to both sides after around a month of negotiations.
He said the countries had reached agreements on each country’s share of the waters and revenues from the strait.
Following talks on Tuesday, Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said he was “hopeful we will soon announce a temporary corridor for the Strait of Hormuz and practical arrangements to restore safe navigation”.
Iran and Oman also discussed creating a temporary joint shipping corridor and clearing mines from the waterway.
Tehran Links Reopening To US Conditions
Iran has maintained that an agreement with Oman alone would not lead to the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
The conditions cited by the IRGC include an end to the US blockade on Iranian ports, compensation and the removal of sanctions.
Iran and Oman have held talks for weeks over control of traffic through the waterway, which handled about one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments before the war began.
Most shipping has since been shut down, putting pressure on energy markets.
Hormuz Traffic Remains Far Below Normal
Reuters also cited preliminary Kpler shipping data showing that only five commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, compared with a 10-day average of 15.
The vessels included two tankers carrying liquefied petroleum gas and one tanker carrying bitumen that exited the Gulf through the strait.
Two empty product tankers entered the waterway from the Gulf of Oman. Four commodity vessels had transited the strait on Monday.
The report noted that the figures could change because some ships switch off their location transponders during voyages.
The low level of traffic underscores the continuing disruption in the waterway, even as Iran and Oman work towards arrangements intended to restore safer navigation.
The situation also follows Iran’s announcement of a blacklist of 45 ships, apparently aimed at stopping ship-to-ship transfers used by Gulf energy producers to evade the Iranian blockade.
Meanwhile, oil prices fell for a third consecutive day, declining by more than 1.5 per cent, amid signs of renewed efforts to seek a mediated end to the conflict.
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August 27, 2026, 07:15 IST
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