Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 16:00 GMT on August 5, 2026.

Esmaeil Baghaei says Iran and Oman are in the final stage of drafting a joint statement on a proposed shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, provided that no third parties obstruct the process.

Any potential Iran-Oman agreement on vessel transit arrangements in the Strait of Hormuz is unrelated to its immediate reopening, according to a report.

Iran’s negotiations with Oman over a new Strait of Hormuz corridor underscore Tehran’s sovereign determination to reshape regional security despite persistent US obstruction and increasingly futile attempts to influence the process, a senior Iranian official tells Press TV.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has held separate telephone conversations with his counterparts from Pakistan and Oman.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says talks with Oman on ensuring safe shipping through the Strait of Hormuz are bilateral between the two littoral states.

Iran says talks with Oman on the Strait of Hormuz are unrelated to any third party, stressing that conditions there will not return to their pre-war state.