[Oman Quietly Rejects Iran's Strait Toll Proposal to Avoid Risk of Trump’s Military Strikes] According to a report by Golden Finance on September 4, citing the *New York Post*, Oman has quietly rejected Iran's proposal to jointly charge service fees to commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. This decision has helped Oman avoid direct conflict with U.S. President Donald Trump. The Strait of Hormuz is one of the most critical oil transportation routes globally, and any actions to control this waterway are highly geopolitically sensitive. Trump had twice warned Oman not to agree to any de facto toll implementation in the waterway. On August 17, he explicitly stated: “If Oman dares to interfere and obstruct, we will bomb them to smithereens.” Additionally, the maritime blockade reimposed by Trump on Iran means that any toll agreement without U.S. consent would be practically meaningless. Oman’s actual stance is in stark contrast to the statement made by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) last week. On Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held talks in Tehran with Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Al-Busaidi, focusing on the management of the waterway. Just hours after the meeting concluded, IRGC spokesperson Hossein Mohebbi declared: “The two sides have reached an agreement on the division of shares and revenue from the strait’s tolls.” However, according to a U.S. official who spoke to the *New York Post* last week, the terms of the revenue-sharing agreement have not even been finalized on Tehran’s side, indicating that Iran may be acting prematurely.