Iran wants to bar US, Israeli ships from Hormuz in deal

Iran will seek to bar US and Israeli ships from entering the Strait of HormuzIran will seek to bar US and Israeli ships from entering the Strait of Hormuz and require compensation from hostile countries before they’re allowed to sail through it, according to media reports on a proposed Iran-Oman deal to manage the waterway.The agreement has become key to expectations for a reopening of Hormuz and a resumption of energy flows that have been throttled since the US and Israel attacked Iran in Feb. “That’s clearly not going to go down well in Washington,” said Thomas Warrick, a former state department official who is now a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. “Instead of both sides making concessions, both sides are increasing demands.”But asked during a White House event on Thu