US and Iran Agree to Hold Talks Even as Hormuz Stays Blocked

WATCH: Mona Yacoubian, Senior Adviser of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, says the possibility of Iranian armed forces coordinating ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz could be seen as a “huge concession” towards the Iranian regime.Source: Bloomberg

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By Kate Sullivan, Patrick Sykes, and Dan Strumpf

April 8, 2026 at 10:06 AM UTC

Updated on

April 8, 2026 at 2:52 PM UTC

The US and Iran said they are prepared to hold talks to end the war in the Middle East during a proposed two-week pause in hostilities, even as Israeli strikes on Lebanon threatened to derail the fragile truce.

Further adding uncertainty, sporadic fighting continued throughout the region and the Strait of Hormuz remained largely blocked. President Donald Trump has said that reopening the strait was a condition for halting the fighting.