US-Iran Talks Clash Over Hormuz Reopening
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 · 6 min

US-Iran diplomacy is clouded by competing accounts of whether talks have begun, while Washington links reopening the Strait of Hormuz to a wider halt in regional attacks and negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program.
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US-Iran diplomacy is clouded by competing accounts of whether talks have begun, while Washington links reopening the Strait of Hormuz to a wider halt in regional attacks and negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program.
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