How a Hormuz transit deal nearly handed Iran a veto over the Gulf

The collapse of the Iran-Oman negotiation is the clearest documentary evidence of the mechanism Container News has tracked since early 2026.

This week’s collapse of the Iran-Oman negotiation over a new Hormuz transit channel is not a footnote to the broader Gulf conflict it is the clearest documentary evidence yet of the mechanism Container News has tracked since early 2026 under the Tollbooth Doctrine: Iran’s pursuit of discretionary control over chokepoint access, sought now through diplomacy rather than force alone.

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