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Iran and US agree to halt attacks and renew talks, US official says

From Kathmandu Post · () English

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  • Iran and the United States have agreed to halt recent hostilities in the Gulf and resume talks regarding the Strait of Hormuz dispute.
  • The agreement aims to save an interim peace deal threatened by days of tit-for-tat strikes, with technical talks scheduled to continue.
  • This diplomatic move follows missile and drone attacks by Iran and counterstrikes by the US, alongside Israeli strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Iran and the United States have reached an agreement to cease recent hostilities in the Gulf and recommence discussions concerning their dispute over the Strait of Hormuz. A US official announced on Sunday that this accord has revived hopes for salvaging an interim peace deal, which had been jeopardized by several days of reciprocal strikes.

Technical talks are slated to continue on all areas of the MOU. Both sides will stand down for now and vessels can move freely.

— US officialReferring to the agreement to halt hostilities and renew talks.

"Technical talks are slated to continue on all areas of the MOU. Both sides will stand down for now and vessels can move freely," the official stated, referencing a 14-point memorandum of understanding established on June 17. This prior agreement aimed to reopen the strait for traffic. Axios reported that talks were set to resume Tuesday in Qatar.

The return to diplomacy follows a series of strikes and counterstrikes initiated after an Iranian projectile struck a cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday. Both the US and Iran had accused each other of violating an interim ceasefire agreed upon on June 17. Iran launched missiles and drones at US military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain early Sunday, shortly after President Donald Trump issued a threat that the Islamic Republic would cease to exist if it failed to honor the agreement to end the conflict.

There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started.

— Donald TrumpSocial media post before the Axios report on the cessation of hostilities.

Meanwhile, Israel reported on Sunday that it had again struck Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, destroying underground infrastructure in a southern village. This action occurred after a Saturday strike, which closely followed Israel's latest ceasefire deal with Lebanon on Friday. Iran has indicated that the fighting in Lebanon must conclude for the broader agreement to hold. The US military had previously stated it struck Iran again hours after a tanker was hit in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global energy shipping route largely closed by Tehran throughout most of the conflict.

If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist!

— Donald TrumpSocial media post before the Axios report on the cessation of hostilities.
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