MUSCAT, July 12 -- Iran's foreign minister ended back-to-back talks in Oman on Saturday without resolving the 133-day closure of the Strait of Hormuz, even as Oman placed a specific structural proposal on the table: a plan to divide the waterway into two separately managed corridors, one free and one requiring Tehran's advance approval.

The proposal, reported by CNN citing a source familiar with the talks, envisions a southern corridor through Omani territorial waters where vessels transit freely under pre-war conditions. A parallel northern corridor through Iranian territorial waters would require prior authorization from Tehran, though no toll charge would apply. Under the yet-to-be-finalized arrangement, both lanes would remain open....