The United States and Iran have agreed to halt attacks against each other following days of reciprocal airstrikes that erupted after Iranian forces targeted commercial vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. online news outlet Axios reported on June 28 (local time).

Citing a senior U.S. official, Axios reported that the U.S. and Iran have decided to cease all physical military operations.

Furthermore, both sides plan to meet in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on June 30 to attempt to resolve the dispute surrounding the Strait of Hormuz.

The U.S. and Iran were originally scheduled to meet in Switzerland on June 30 to discuss Iran's nuclear program.

However, military tensions soared after Iran attacked civilian vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz on June 25, followed by U.S. retaliatory airstrikes on Iranian infrastructure and Iran's counterattacks against U.S. military bases in Bahrain and Kuwait.

U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed the U.S. military's airstrikes on Iranian infrastructure via his social media platform, Truth Social, the previous day, threatening, "There may come a time when we have to finish militarily what we have started so successfully. If that happens, Iran will no longer exist."

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran claimed that the U.S. airstrikes were a violation of the ceasefire and countered that it could suspend negotiations with the U.S.

Additionally, Axios reported that while both sides agreed during high-level talks in Switzerland last week to establish a telephone hotline between the U.S. military and the IRGC to coordinate vessel transit and prevent escalating military tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, the hotline remains non-operational.

The outlet explained that both sides have consequently changed the venue of the talks to the Middle East and shifted the focus of the discussion to the issue of the Strait of Hormuz.

Axios reported, "According to U.S. officials and sources familiar with the matter, Nick Stewart, who leads the U.S. working-level negotiation team, is expected to attend these talks."

Although concerns were raised about the collapse of the ceasefire as both sides engaged in armed conflict over the Strait of Hormuz less than ten days after officially signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to end the war on June 17, the outcome of these working-level talks is drawing even more attention following the agreement to halt attacks and resume dialogue.