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Iran's regional peace initiative faces major challenges

While Oman and Iran may have high hopes for the Hormuz Peace Endeavor, regional security arrangements have typically needed great-power backing to hold them together.

Hamed A. Kermani
Hamed A. Kermani
Dec 10, 2019
(From L to R) Former Iranian foreign minister Kamal Kharazi, Omani Foreign Minister Yussef bin Alawi bin Abdullah and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attend the Tehran Security Conference on January 8, 2018, in Tehran. / AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)
Former Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi (L), the Omani minister responsible for foreign affairs, Yusuf bin Alawi (C), and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) attend the Tehran Security Conference, Tehran, Iran, Jan. 8, 2018. — ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images

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