US, Iran to halt strikes "for now," to meet in Doha over Hormuz Strait

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US, Iran to halt strikes "for now," to meet in Doha over Hormuz Strait  During negotiations in Switzerland a week ago, the U.S. delegation agreed with Iran to establish a "hotline" between the U.S. military and Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps to coordinate traffic in the strait.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2026/06/29/us-iran-to-halt-strikes-for-now-to-meet-in-doha-over-hormuz-strait  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00The United States and Iran has agreed to post mutual attacks for now and owed talks on Tuesday in Doha,

00:08the capital of Qatar, to work out their dispute over the Strait of Hubus.

00:12The two sides will stand down for now and vessels can move freely as technical talks are set to continue,

00:21a U.S. official was quoted as saying.

00:24The Tuesday talks were originally set to be held in Switzerland and focused on Iran's nuclear program.

00:34However, renewed tensions in Strait of Hubus prompted the talks to move to Doha, shifting the focus to shipping security

00:42in the strategic waterway.

00:46The U.S. conducted strikes on Iranian targets on Friday and Saturday, citing continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping on

00:57Strait of Hubus.

00:58Iran responded by striking U.S. military positions in the region.

01:08Iran

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