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Trump paused attacks on Iran to make space for talks, US ambassador says

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President Donald Trump has paused attacks on Iran for the second night in a row to give diplomacy more time, the US ambassador to the UN said. Speaking to Fox News on Sunday, ambassador Mike Waltz said the president was 'giving talks some space, he's giving it a little bit of room'. An Iranian army spokesperson said on Sunday that Tehran had halted 'retaliatory' attacks in the region in response.

Asked whether Trump had decided against escalation for now, Waltz told NBC: 'I wouldn't go that far at all. The president is keeping all options on the table.' Waltz also rejected reports in the New York Times that administration officials had warned expanding hostilities could dangerously drain a diminished stockpile of air defence munitions. 'The US military... has everything that it needs to conduct this campaign as effectively as it needs to be,' he said.

Meanwhile, Iran and Oman held several rounds of technical talks in Tehran on Friday and Saturday to discuss management of the Strait of Hormuz. Disputes over control of the strait reignited US-Iran tensions earlier this month and it remains a major block to permanently ending the war.

As the war nears its fifth month, it remains largely unpopular in the US, with a new poll from CBS/YouGov suggesting 57% of Americans are frustrated about the conflict and only 19% optimistic.

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