The U.S. and Iran have nonetheless continued to exchange strikes, with the strategic Strait of Hormuz the primary flashpoint. The latest round of U.S.-facilitated talks between Lebanon and Israel began on Tuesday in Rome, State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott announced in a post on X.

Live Updates: Diplomatic efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz are intensifying amid US-Iran tensions, with negotiations progressing and mixed signals on a deal, while the waterway remains open for commercial vessels.

The US has used up nearly 80% of interceptors for a key missile defense system, according to sources, as mediators seek to bring Washington and Tehran back to the negotiating table. Follow for live updates.

President Donald Trump is insisting a deal over the Strait of Hormuz is imminent. But a former U.S. diplomat says any agreement involving Iran is unlikely to deliver the political win the president

DUBAI, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Iran and Oman have reached an understanding on the geographic coordinates for a shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, and a joint announcement is being finalised, provided certain third parties did not interfere,

Steve Balestrieri reports that Trump wants an Iran-Oman deal on the strait within a day, warning of what he calls decapitation strikes and describing the massive attack he canceled. Tehran shows no sign of budging on tolls and routing control,

The president said he canceled a planned U.S. attack on Iran after the parameters of a deal emerged, including opening the vital Strait of Hormuz.