The joint statement said the parties created a High-Level Committee, approved a 60-day roadmap, opened a direct communication line for the Strait of Hormuz and agreed on a Lebanon de-confliction cell facilitated by the mediators.
Iran reiterated on Saturday that it was closing the Strait of Hormuz to maritime traffic, blaming continued Israeli operations in southern Lebanon for violating...
Before the war endangered commercial shipping in the world’s most energy-focused trade route, tankers moved smoothly through the Strait with no tolls imposed on routine traffic. After the U.S. and Israel started bombing, Iran retaliated by shutting it down, attacking vessels, and the U.S. imposed its own blockade.
US has acknowledged attacking the three commercial vessels that had Indian crew, indirectly admitting to killing three Indian sailors in the MT Settebello. However, the claims made by Trump that Iran sent attack drones at Indian ships transiting Hormuz have been made after India's strong diplomatic response against the US over the deaths of Indian crew.