Iran and Oman have advanced technical talks on safe shipping corridors and route coordinates through the Strait of Hormuz, with officials finalizing maps and statements in early October 2026. Iranian statements explicitly condition any resumption of normal navigation on U.S. fulfillment of commitments under related memoranda, including sanctions relief and blockade adjustments. U.S. naval enforcement remains active amid ongoing Iranian attacks on vessels, which have kept commercial traffic severely restricted and well below pre-conflict levels. These developments indicate that route agreements can progress independently of immediate blockade removal, supporting trader expectations that lifting will not precede the bilateral arrangements.