US insists Iran commit to stopping attacks in Hormuz strait, say US officials

Iran has told Washington that recent attacks on shipping in the strait were from "an errant part of their system," one senior official said.

There appears to be a power struggle unfolding in real time between hardliners in Iran and pragmatists, an official said.

Three Qatari and Saudi commercial tankers came under fire this week, prompting the U.S. to hit Iranian sites, and Iran to respond with strikes on U.S. military sites in Gulf states. U.S. President Donald Trump has declared that a June ceasefire the two sides signed is over.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi will travel to Oman on Saturday for talks on bilateral relations and regional developments, particularly the situation in the strait, Iran's official news agency IRNA reported.