US and Iran hold fire for third night as talks given ‘space’– www.euronews.com
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The United States and Iran paused strikes for a third night on Sunday as Washington and Tehran look to give peace talks another chance.
Speaking to US media, US ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said President Donald Trump was “giving diplomacy some space” and “time.”
“He is giving diplomacy a chance,” Waltz told CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
“We’ll see over the next coming days. But make no mistake, additional military assets are moving into the region,” he said, adding: “The regime should believe the president when he says they’re locked and loaded, and where all options are on the table.”
On Sunday, a spokesperson for the Iranian army announced that Tehran had also halted “retaliatory operations” in the region.
It follows 13 consecutive nights of US strikes on Iran, which the US military said aimed to “degrade Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.”
The Strait has been at the centre of tensions between Washington and Tehran and formed a key part of the “memorandum of understanding” that the two sides agreed to in June.
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