The United States and Iran have agreed to stop attacking one another, a senior US official told Axios on Sunday, as both sides prepare to meet Tuesday in Doha to resolve their dispute over the Strait of Hormuz — just days after renewed strikes pushed the fragile ceasefire to the brink of collapse.

The ceasefire, only 11 days old, had come under severe strain following a series of strikes by both the US and Iran and an explicit threat from President Donald Trump to resume full-scale conflict and “complete the job” against the Iranian regime. The renewed fighting stemmed from differing interpretations of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) that ended the earlier war, particularly its provisions governing the Strait of Hormuz.

A senior US official told Axios that both sides have decided to halt all “kinetic activity” — military terminology for strikes and other attacks. A second US official said both sides will stand down “for now,” adding that vessels can move freely through the strait as technical talks continue. Both officials, along with a third source familiar with the matter, confirmed that the Tuesday talks in Doha are set to proceed.

Under the terms of the MOU, Iran had committed to making its best efforts to ensure safe passage of commercial vessels through the strait, in exchange for the US lifting its blockade of Iranian ports. During negotiations in Switzerland last week, a US delegation led by Vice President JD Vance reached an agreement with Iran to establish a direct hotline between the US military and the IRGC to coordinate vessel traffic through the strait. As of Saturday, however, that hotline had still not become operational, even as Iran resumed demands that ships coordinate passage with Iranian authorities.

The Tuesday talks had originally been scheduled to take place in Switzerland and were intended to address Iran’s nuclear program. The recent escalation prompted a change of venue to Doha and a shift in focus toward resolving the Strait of Hormuz dispute specifically. Nick Stewart, who heads the US technical team on the matter, is expected to take part in the talks, according to a US official and a separate source familiar with the planning.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the development.

The agreement to halt strikes comes after a chaotic 48-hour period that saw the US strike Iranian military targets in the Strait of Hormuz on consecutive nights, Iran retaliate with strikes on US military installations in Kuwait and Bahrain, and Trump warn that the Islamic Republic could “no longer exist” if hostilities continued — underscoring how quickly the ceasefire’s terms unraveled once disputes over enforcement in the strait came to a head.