A Qatari diplomat said the Qatari prime minister on Wednesday in Muscat opened a process with Oman to hold talks involving Iran, the GCC and Iraq on reopening and the future operation of the Strait of Hormuz.

Speaker of Iran's parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on June 24 in Baku that a memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States signals a "US defeat" and reflects the outcome of Iranian resistance. He said efforts to coerce Iran through military pressure, blockade, psychological warfare and terrorism have failed, and that the conflict caused heavy losses but demonstrated Iranian resilience.

At the open on Wednesday, June 24, China's Shanghai Composite Index fell 16.15 pts (-0.39%) to 4,090.10; Shenzhen Composite Index fell 71.80 pts (-0.45%) to 15,782.40; CSI 300 Index fell 19.00 pts (-0.39%) to 4,900.38; ChiNext Index fell 10.29 pts (-0.25%) to 4,181.91; STAR 50 Index fell 19.87 pts (-1.04%) to 1,896.34.