After days of exchanging airstrikes following an Iranian attack on a merchant ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the United States and Iran agreed to halt attacks on each other, according to local reports.

Ships float off the coast near Khor Fakkan Container Terminal, the main container port of the Sharjah emirate on the Gulf of Oman and the region's only natural deep-water port, on the 28th./Courtesy of Yonhap News Agency

Axios reported on the 28th, citing a senior U.S. official, that the United States agreed to suspend all kinetic military operations. The outlet also said the two sides plan to meet on the 30th in Doha, the capital of Qatar, to resolve the dispute surrounding the Strait of Hormuz.

The U.S.-Iran talks on the 30th were initially set to be held in Switzerland to discuss Iran's nuclear program. But after Iran attacked a civilian vessel transiting the Strait of Hormuz on the 25th, U.S. retaliatory airstrikes and Iranian counterattacks continued. As a result, the venue was changed and the main agenda shifted to the Strait of Hormuz, Axios said.

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