The first tankers carrying Iranian oil exited a US blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, a tracking website said, two days before Washington and Tehran launch talks on an agreed peace deal still scant on details - including Iran's nuclear programme and the lifting of sanctions.

The first tankers carrying Iranian oil exited a US blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, a tracking website has reported.

The TankerTrackers website said this marked Iran’s “first crude oil exports in two months”. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.