US Pause Holds as Oman Brokers Talks on Hormuz
The American pause in strikes on Iran held through Sunday, as Oman-mediated talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz were reported to be making progress. A senior Iranian source said Tehran would hold its fire so long as Washington did the same, in an unofficial halt-for-halt. President Trump’s team said he was giving diplomacy “some space”, though American forces continued to mass in the region.
The apparent lull — the first in nearly two weeks of nightly bombing — has shifted attention from the battlefield to the mediators, with Oman pressing both sides over safe passage through the strait. Yet the obstacles remain formidable: Israel’s prime minister insists the war can end only with the fall of Iran’s government or the surrender of its nuclear programme, while Tehran demands guarantees over Hormuz. A CBS News poll found most Americans expect the conflict to drag on for months. Watch whether the talks yield a formal ceasefire or the strikes resume.