Kpler data showed traffic through the Strait of Hormuz slipping below recent averages over the weekend, with 32 ships crossing from Friday to Sunday, or roughly six a day, compared with about 11 daily transits previously, as talks on reopening between the United States and Iran dragged on. Kpler said 17 of those ships used Iran's determined transit path and another 10 took an undetermined route, while the Bab el-Mandeb was considerably more active with 116 crossings over the same period despite an ongoing Houthi blockade. The shipping slowdown came as Iranian officials said on Sunday that an agreement with Oman to establish new shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz was in its final stages. But Tehran also said earlier in the weekend that it would not fully reopen the waterway unless U.S. leaders met conditions including compensation for war damages, sanctions relief and a permanent end to the conflict. President Trump pushed back on Monday, saying Iran should instead pay reparations for those killed in the war and in attacks over the last 50 years, while insisting in the Oval Office that the strait is "open now" and that "We control the strait 100 percent." Risk to regional shipping remained elevated beyond Hormuz. Houthi militants continued attacks in the Red Sea, including a Tuesday strike on a commercial vessel off Mokha that killed four people aboard, with the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations saying authorities were investigating. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Tasnim on Saturday that Iran and the U.S. are "very close to an agreement," though he said that depended on Washington again accepting June's interim peace deal, which had broken down after nearly two weeks of reciprocal strikes.