US and Iran agree to resume talks after weekend of strikes – POLITICO

The U.S. and Iran agreed Sunday evening to halt attacks in the Gulf and restart negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of strikes threatened their less-than-two-week-old ceasefire.

Technical talks on the June 17 memorandum of understanding are expected to resume this week. Citing a U.S. official, Axios reported both sides had agreed to “stand down for now” and allow commercial vessels to move through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has not publicly confirmed the agreement.

The move to resume talks came after four days of renewed hostilities in the region, with Washington and Iran accusing one another of violating the June 17 ceasefire, which called for an “immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts.”