The United States and Iran on Sunday reportedly agreed to halt a recent escalation in attacks that followed a cargo ship attacked in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday. File Photo by Ismael Mohamad/UPI | License Photo
June 29 (UPI) -- The United States and Iran have agreed to stop attacking one another, according to reports, a move that could end days of escalating strikes that threatened their brittle truce.
The two countries have been in negotiations to end their war since signing a Memorandum of Understanding on June 17. But scheduled talks for Tuesday had appeared in jeopardy after Iran allegedly attacked a container ship on Thursday, triggering tit-for-tat strikes in which the U.S. military attacked Iran and Tehran attacked U.S. allies in the region.
On Sunday, after both Bahrain and Kuwait said they had come under Iranian attack, the United States and Iran agreed to halt hostilities, Axios, CNN and ABC News reported, each citing an unnamed senior U.S. official.
Iranian officials have yet to confirm the reported agreement.
