US President Donald Trump said negotiations with Iran will begin on Monday to finalise an agreement reopening the Strait of Hormuz, after calling off a major strike on the country over the weekend.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Trump said the talks would start in the afternoon. The Times of Israel reported he framed the process as a way to avoid further casualties.
What is being negotiated?
The talks centre on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, the shipping channel between Iran and Oman through which a large share of seaborne crude passes. Iran said separately that its negotiations with Oman over the strait had reached their final stages.
US Central Command said that as of 2 August it had redirected 35 commercial vessels, disabled two and boarded two. Iran has denied reports that it asked Washington to hold off on strikes or that it agreed to any arrangement splitting control of the waterway.
What are the terms of the Iran-US Hormuz talks?
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday 2 August 2026 that negotiations with Iran would begin the following afternoon to finalise an agreement reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The announcement followed his decision to call off a planned strike on Iranian targets over the weekend, the second time in recent weeks that an attack has been halted. The Strait of Hormuz is the shipping channel separating Iran from Oman and carries a substantial share of global seaborne oil. US Central Command reported that it had redirected 35 commercial vessels, disabled two and boarded two as of 2 August. Iran has denied asking the United States to suspend strikes and denied agreeing to any division of control over the waterway. Iran said separate talks with Oman had reached their final stages.
How did the strike come to be called off?
Reporting cited by the Times of Israel said Israel had prepared to join a US operation against Iranian energy infrastructure and was not informed when Trump halted it. Qatari intermediaries had reportedly told Trump that Tehran had agreed to open the strait.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran would respond decisively and proportionally to any aggression from the United States, Israel or other countries in the region, in remarks reported after a call with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud. The Saudi foreign ministry said the two discussed reducing regional tensions.
What is happening elsewhere in the region?
Al Jazeera tracked continued Israeli operations in Gaza and Lebanon alongside the Iran file on Sunday. The Gaza Health Ministry put the territory’s death toll for July at 152, the highest monthly figure so far this year, with six people killed in strikes across Gaza on Sunday.
Mediators including Egypt, Turkey, Qatar and the United States have been working to bring Palestinian factions in Gaza to agree a roadmap, according to former UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov.
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