Why has the US halted its bombing of Iran?

Tit-for-tat strikes have halted in the Middle East even as the scope of the US-Israel war on Iran widens.

Iran halts strikes as Trump gives space to talks

Iran and the United States held their fire on Monday, handing Gulf shipping and the oil industry a respite from missile strikes as Donald Trump’s UN envoy said the president was “giving talks some space”. Tehran said it had halted retaliatory attacks against Washington’s allies in the Middle East, and US ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz told Fox News Sunday that, while forces remained “locked and loaded”, Trump would give negotiations “a little bit of room”. Fighting over the...

By Agence France-Presse

US-Iran Strikes Ease After Two Weeks of Constant Attacks

Iran halts retaliatory strikes as US gives diplomacy 'more room'

Iran and the United States have paused their attacks, offering Gulf shipping and global oil markets a respite after weeks of escalating strikes around the Strait of Hormuz.

By RFI