Oman is building Iran’s ultimate sanctions back door

Oman isn't dodging the sanctions regime everyone built around Iran. It's the toll booth on the road nobody wanted to admit was still open.

Oman turned the closure of the Strait of Hormuz into a strategic commercial victory. Ports at Duqm, Salalah, and Sohar now absorb the cargo that once moved through the Iranian-blackmailed choke point, transforming the sultanate into the Gulf’s primary logistics alternative. This expansion outgrows simple economic diversification and offers Tehran a sophisticated, quiet pathway to […]

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