Efforts under wayto revive June deal

An Iranian lawmaker said on Sunday that mediators were seeking to revive a deal that briefly halted the war between Iran and the United States in June.
Hassan Ghashghavi, spokesman for parliament's national security commission, said in a video interview that 'there is an effort under way to revive the 14-point Islamabad agreement, particularly by the mediators'.
'They know that the main issue and, in fact, the key to the matter right now is the issue of the Strait of Hormuz, so yes, there is an exchange of views,' he said.
The agreement, known as the Islamabad memorandum of understanding, was reached with the involvement of Qatar and Pakistan, with negotiating sessions held in Islamabad.
The deal included arrangements concerning the Strait of Hormuz and a resumption of diplomacy between Tehran and Washington for a broader deal. It also called for an end to the hostilities in Lebanon where Israel has been fighting the Hezbollah group.
The agreement later collapsed after Iran and the United States accused each other of violating its provisions.
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Washington and Israel had agreed to hold off on new strikes on Iran, provided a deal to end the months-long conflict was reached rapidly.
In a post on his Truth Social website, Trump said he had agreed 'to hold off any attack in that the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to'.
Ghashghavi, a former diplomat, said there was 'constant exchange of views and discussion over proposals', without elaborating.
Trump said late on Saturday on his Truth Social platform that Iran and other Middle Eastern countries had asked for time to complete a deal that would lead to 'the Immediate, Complete and Total' reopening of the vital strait.
'Based on this request, I have agreed, for the future benefit of the WORLD and, likewise, the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran, ⁠to cancel the attack, subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL,' Trump wrote.
Trump's apparent de-escalation after days of threats of new attacks from each side was the latest twist in the war the US and Israel launched five months ago. Attacks have spread across the Gulf to the Red Sea and even a Mediterranean facility in Egypt. Iran has largely closed ​the Strait of Hormuz, a conduit ⁠for 20 per cent of the world's oil and LNG before the war, causing energy prices to rise and stoking broader inflation.
Iran’s acting defence minister, Brigadier General Majid Ebn Al Reza, said Tehran viewed recent US threats as 'psychological and cognitive warfare” but was treating them seriously, adding that Iran would boost ‌preparedness and deterrence rather than be caught off guard or remain passive, Press TV reported.