Two from the Times of Israel. First up the headliner, June 29:
US official says sides to stand down ‘for now’ after Tehran skips technical talks scheduled for Sunday; Iran’s FM threatens to ‘increase tensions’ if ships don’t traverse route it controls
Iran and the United States have agreed to halt attacks, a US official said Sunday, and will reportedly meet again on Tuesday in Doha to discuss the Strait of Hormuz.
The Axios news site, citing US officials and a source with knowledge of the details, reported that Tuesday’s talks were originally planned to take place in Switzerland, but the flareup caused them to be moved to Qatar’s capital and the topic was changed to the Hormuz standoff, as disputes and gaps remain despite the memorandum of understanding reached earlier this month.
“We decided to stop all the kinetic activity,” one of the US officials was quoted as saying....
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Both Brent and WTI futures are still up a bit.
Asian equity markets reversed their earlier declines though the KOSPI did close down 0.2% (vs the earlier -2.0%)
And from Reuters via the ToI liveblog:
Iran, Oman hold first meeting of joint committee on Hormuz, Iranian deputy FM says
The talks were apparently held this earlier morning, Tehran time.
