Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remained at a three-week low even as U.S. and Iranian strikes paused, with no public agreement on navigation rules or the U.S. blockade.
No new attacks were confirmed for 72 hours, but maritime authorities said commercial transit remained depressed and Iran said the waterway's status had not changed.
A maritime monitoring body overseen by the U.S. Navy said commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz was at a three-week low on Sunday.
The same body said it had confirmed no new attacks in the strait during the preceding 72 hours, while traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb remained steady.
Iran said it continued discussions with Oman over the safe passage of ships and that those talks had made progress, but Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said the strait's legal and operating status had not changed.
Tehran has asserted that an interim understanding permits it to manage shipping through the waterway, while the United States has supported a route closer to Oman.
The U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports remained in effect, and the pause in strikes did not include a published rule governing boarding, inspection, fees or enforcement against merchant vessels.
The Strait of Hormuz was treated as an international waterway before the war and normally carries about one-fifth of the world's traded oil from Persian Gulf producers.
Iranian-backed Houthi forces had threatened Saudi-linked shipping near the Bab el-Mandeb, creating a second potential pressure point for vessels using the Red Sea route.
Shipowners, crews and insurers base route decisions on sustained security conditions and enforceable navigation rules, not only on the absence of attacks during a short reporting window.
The evidence supports a bounded conclusion: Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remained at a three-week low even as U.S. and Iranian strikes paused, with no public agreement on navigation rules or the U.S. blockade. It does not resolve the remaining uncertainty because Public reporting did not provide a complete vessel count, independent insurance data or the text of the Omani proposals. The factual horizon is therefore defined by Daily vessel-transit counts and maritime security notices and Publication of any U.S.-Iran-Oman arrangement governing passage.
The current reporting limit is specific: Public reporting did not provide a complete vessel count, independent insurance data or the text of the Omani proposals.
The next verifiable developments are Daily vessel-transit counts and maritime security notices and Publication of any U.S.-Iran-Oman arrangement governing passage.