Iran says new US strikes violate ceasefire

Source: msn/Reuters

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May 26 (Reuters) - Iran said the United States had violated a ceasefire after the U.S. conducted what it called defensive strikes in southern Iran, while U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said negotiating a deal to halt the conflict could "take a few days".

Iran's foreign ministry said U.S. strikes in Iran's southern Hormozgan province, where Iranian media reported sounds of explosions early on Tuesday, represented a "gross violation" of a tenuous ceasefire in place for nearly seven weeks.

Both sides had previously indicated progress on a memorandum of understanding that could halt the war and restart shipping through the blockaded Strait of Hormuz, while giving negotiators 60 days to tackle more complex issues including Iran's nuclear programme.

Iranian media reported that the country's negotiators had been pushing for the memorandum to include the release of billions of dollars of frozen assets at talks in Qatar.

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