Iran, US Agree To Halt Attacks And Renew Talks, US Official Says

Monday June 29, 2026
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By Idorenyin UMOREN
With agency reports

Iran and the United States, US, ​agreed to halt recent hostilities in the Gulf and renew talks regarding their dispute over the Strait of Hormuz, a US official said on Sunday, June 28, 2026, raising ‌hopes of saving an interim peace deal that was under pressure from days of tit-for-tat strikes, Reuters news agency reported.

“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 said, referring to the 14-point memorandum of understanding that was agreed on June 17 under which the strait would be re-opened for traffic.

Axios, which first reported the cessation ​of hostilities, citing a senior US official, said talks would resume Tuesday, June 30, 2026, in Qatar.

A return to diplomacy would follow several days of strikes and counterstrikes since ​an Iranian projectile hit a cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, with both the US and Iran accusing the ⁠other of breaking an interim ceasefire that was agreed to on June 17.

Iran launched missiles and drones at US military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain early on Sunday, shortly ​after President Donald Trump threatened that the Islamic Republic would cease to exist if it did not honor the agreement to end the war.