US and Iran Enter Technical Talks to Secure Peace Deal, Shipping Restart

The US and Iran are holding indirect technical talks in Doha to negotiate the reopening and management of the Strait of Hormuz, which has been partially closed since a US-Israeli military conflict with Iran began in February 2026. Traffic through the strait—which handled one-fifth of global oil and LNG trade—remains patchy and unpredictable, with a foreign container ship recently running aground after straying outside Iran-designated shipping lanes.