Iran said it is days away from an agreement with Oman to manage shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway through which tankers and other commercial vessels pass. The countries have negotiated for weeks, and the arrangement is in its final stages. It would set out a temporary safe route and be documented with the International Maritime Organization (UN shipping agency), Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei said Monday in Tehran. Brent crude fell 0.1% to $96.15 a barrel after trading as high as $97.93, suggesting some traders see the arrangement as potentially easing vessel traffic through the chokepoint. The report also said the US is unlikely to accept Iran having a role in deciding which ships can use the route.