FEATURE | IMO suspends Hormuz ship evacuations after vessel attack

During the conflict, Iran took effective control of the vital chokepoint, disrupting oil flows and rattling global energy markets and the wider economy.

Disagreements persist over financial incentives for Iran, nuclear inspections, control of the Strait of Hormuz and Israel's parallel war in Lebanon. Iran's top negotiator, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, said on Thursday that the US assertion that Iran would spend its unfrozen assets to buy US agricultural products was false.

The deal sets up 60 days of talks to tackle thornier issues, including Iran's nuclear programme.

(Reporting by Reuters bureaus; Writing by Ros Russell, Andrew Heavens and David Brunnstrom; editing by Gareth Jones, Jason Neely and Sanjeev Miglani and Lincoln Feast.)