Status › Incidents › 2026-07-26
US and Iran pause strikes for a second straight day; no formal ceasefire and Iran says no current negotiations
· Strait of Hormuz · severity WARNING
After nearly two weeks of fighting that shattered the mid-June 60-day ceasefire, the United States and Iran both paused their strikes around 25-26 July. President Trump said the US halted attacks 'at the request of the Iranian regime' and warned Washington would resume unless a new ceasefire deal is reached; Iran says it is not currently negotiating with the US (NPR, CNN). The lull has stopped the daily strikes on shipping but is not a formal ceasefire, no agreement has been signed, and the Strait of Hormuz remains severely disrupted with transit far below normal. A genuine de-escalation step — the gauge eases from SEVERE — but the situation remains fragile and reversible, so the verified gauge holds at ELEVATED pending a durable ceasefire and a JMIC/UKMTO downgrade.
Primary source: NPR / CNN
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