Diplomacy stumbles with postponement of meeting on Strait of Hormuz proposal

Iran’s Fars news agency cited an Iranian foreign ministry official as saying that the Oman meeting was postponed at the request of some regional countries in a decision jointly made by Tehran and Muscat.

Middle East diplomacy appeared to falter heading into Monday with the postponement ​of a meeting between Iran and other Gulf powers, while attacks around the region’s two most important oil transit routes deepened concern over global energy supplies.