New Delhi, July 11 -- WASHINGTON - Iran's leadership privately told members of the Trump administration that it "made a mistake" attacking commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz last week, senior U.S. officials said Friday, even as President Trump declared the ceasefire with Tehran "over" and pressed for a public acknowledgment that Tehran has not yet delivered.

The private admission, carried to American negotiators through Qatari intermediaries, had Iran's envoys characterizing the strikes as the work of errant hardliners within the Revolutionary Guard who attempted to derail the diplomatic process, not an authorized act of state. U.S. officials do not accept that framing. Their assessment is that Tehran miscalculated, believing att...