Iran said the United States had violated the fragile ceasefire arrangement after the US conducted what it called defensive strikes in southern Iran.
Iran's foreign ministry said strikes in Iran's southern Hormozgan province, where Iranian media reported sounds of explosions early on Tuesday, represented a "gross violation" of the truce in place for nearly seven weeks.
Both sides had earlier indicated progress on a memorandum of understanding that could halt the war and restart shipping through the blockaded Strait of Hormuz, while giving negotiators 60 days to negotiate more complex issues, including Iran's nuclear programme.
Following strikes against targets that US Central Command said included missile launch sites and boats trying to lay mines, Iran claimed to have opened fire on a fighter jet and a drone in Iranian airspace and to have shot down an American MQ-9 drone.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said in comments on his Telegram channel: “The clock cannot be turned back, and the nations and lands of the region will no longer be a shield for American bases”.
US President Donald Trump previously warned that talks with Iran were going ‘nicely’, but threatened renewed attacks if they failed.
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