Washington and Tehran have agreed to stop attacks and renew talks in the Qatari capital, Doha, Axios reports.
US and Iran trade strikes days after peace agreement
Al Jazeera’s Open Source Unit has been tracking traffic through the Strait of Hormuz since the US and Iran traded strikes, accusing each other of violating the ceasefire agreement.
Let’s take a look:
Iran’s foreign minister has urged “all parties not to interfere” in the management of the Strait of Hormuz after the US bombed Iran for a second day following a drone attack on a vessel.
During a news conference with his Iraqi counterpart in Baghdad, Abbas Araghchi said the MoU gives Tehran control of the waterway.
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Reuters now reports that Iran and the US have agreed to halt hostilities and renew talks over their dispute in the Strait of Hormuz.
It cited an unnamed US official, confirming an earlier report by Axios.
Here’s what the outlets said:
There has been no comment from Tehran or Washington on the reports so far.
As we just reported, Berri has come out against the framework agreement between Lebanon, Israel and the US, saying it “will not be implemented” because it fails to guarantee Lebanon’s rights.
So, who is Berri, and how important is he in Lebanese politics?
Berri has served as the speaker of Lebanon’s Parliament since the early 1990s. He heads the Amal Movement, a Shia Muslim political bloc that has been the key domestic ally of Hezbollah, which has also rejected the framework agreement.
Berri often serves as a conduit between Hezbollah and foreign diplomats or administrations that do not have direct relations with the group.
“In practice, Amal has been the most prominent political and institutional representative of the Shia within the Lebanese state for years, even during the height of Hezbollah’s power,” Souhayb Jawhar, a Lebanese analyst with Badil, recently told Al Jazeera.
Read more about Berri and the Amal Movement in our story, here.
Reporting from Washington, DC, US
Late on Sunday, Washington, DC, time, a US official told the Axios news site that technical talks between the US and Iran will resume on Tuesday in Doha.
It follows several days of tit-for-tat military strikes between the US and Iran around the Strait of Hormuz, mainly because of disputes about how commercial ships can transit that waterway.
Trump has been criticising Iranian officials on social media, threatening a resumption of military strikes if the Iranians do not allow commercial vessels to move through the Strait of Hormuz without any impediment, financial, physical, or otherwise.
The Iranians have accused the US of violating the terms of the MoU by interfering with their ability to control traffic in the waterway, as well as trying to interfere with their right, eventually, to collect tolls from vessels transiting the waterway.
According to reports, including from Axios, US officials said the strikes by both sides will stop for the time being, and a new round of technical talks, focused specifically on commercial shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, will take place.
It’s not clear how long those discussions will take place, but it certainly sends the signal that the 60-day period for negotiations, aimed at permanently ending the war, will be continuing.
Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic governor of the US state of New Jersey, is demanding answers from the Trump administration about what the war on Iran has accomplished.
“The administration’s objectives have shifted repeatedly. The costs have soared. And we all deserve a clear explanation of what the Trump Administration thinks it is actually achieving to make America safer,” Sherrill wrote in a series of social media posts.
She noted that Trump’s justifications for the war have shifted since the conflict began, from eradicating Iran’s missile programme to ending its nuclear programme to enacting regime change.
“To date, he has accomplished none of these goals,” Sherrill wrote. “At one point, he even claimed he was at war to open the Strait of Hormuz, which had been open before he began his war.”
For nine years, I served in the United States Navy. For another six, I served on the House Armed Services Committee in Congress, overseeing America’s military and national security strategy. As both a veteran and a policymaker, I’m deeply troubled by Donald Trump’s handling of…
— Governor Mikie Sherrill (@GovSherrillNJ) June 28, 2026
The Lebanese group has accused the Israeli military of breaching the ceasefire in Lebanon by launching several attacks across southern areas on Sunday.
Hezbollah said that Israeli fighter jets targeted residential buildings in the southern city of Nabatieh as well as in the nearby town of Mayfadoun. Among other incidents, an Israeli drone attack was also launched in open areas in the town of Froun and in the Bint Jbeil district, while explosions targeted residential buildings in Taybeh and Haddatha.
“We are monitoring and observing these violations [of the ceasefire agreement] and reserve our right to defend our homeland and people,” the statement added.
The US-Iran memorandum of understanding stipulates that the war should end on all fronts, including in Lebanon, where Israel has been carrying out intensified attacks since early March.
Just days after signing a memorandum of understanding, the US and Iran have traded strikes.
While the US claims Iran violated the agreement by attacking ships, Iran says that ships must not violate its rules for navigating the Strait of Hormuz, and that the US is responsible for breaking the agreement.
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