Lebanon and Israel launched a fresh round of talks in Washington on Tuesday aimed at securing a ceasefire and addressing the presence of Hezbollah. Previous rounds of negotiations since April have yielded little, while a recent US-Iran agreement that extended a ceasefire framework to Lebanon and other fronts has contributed to the sharpest decline in fighting in Lebanon in months.

Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held talks with senior Omani officials in Muscat, issuing a joint statement reaffirming safe transit of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz under international law, reports say.

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