Iran's foreign ministry has said the United States was not involved in recent talks with Oman over the administration of the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

Scattered attacks by armed groups across the region underscored the lingering tensions.

Mediation efforts by Pakistan and Qatar ongoing, mediators working with Iran and Oman on Hormuz mechanism; Tehran confirms neighboring countries carried out strikes

Mediators have made progress in efforts to bring the United States and Iran back to negotiations and prevent an all-out war in the Middle East, according to two regional officials.

Mediators have achieved progress in efforts to get the United States and Iran back to negotiations and avert an all-out war in the Middle East, two regional officials said Monday, with a pause in atta

Iran will halt its own attacks as long as the United States maintains its latest pause on air strikes, a senior Iranian official ​told Reuters on Sunday, after President Donald Trump abruptly called off his two-week-old bombing campaign.