Iran said on Sunday that it had suspended its retaliatory attacks after the United States halted military strikes against the country, amid signs of renewed diplomatic engagement between Washington and Tehran.
Iranian military spokesman Mohammad Akrami Nia said US forces had stopped their attacks over the previous two nights.
“The Americans halted their attacks during the past two nights,” Akrami Nia said. “Since our strategy is based primarily on reciprocity, we have also halted our retaliatory operations.”
His remarks came as an Omani delegation arrived in Tehran for talks that reportedly include discussions on the Strait of Hormuz, raising expectations that negotiations between the two sides may continue.
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According to Axios, US President Donald Trump ordered the military to halt its strikes after nearly two weeks of daily attacks while maintaining contingency plans for the possible resumption of large-scale military operations.
The report also said US officials continue to hold discussions with Iran at Trump’s direction, despite the president’s public warnings that military action could resume if Washington does not achieve what he described as “100 percent of what it wants.”
Separately, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) accused the United States of violating a memorandum of understanding governing navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and warned that any country providing military support to the United States in a future conflict could become a target.
In Israel, Channel 12 reported that the Israeli military remained on its highest level of alert amid assessments that Iran may reject US demands during the negotiations.
An Iranian security source also claimed that Tehran had prepared a new list of potential targets inside Israel, which would be activated if Israel participated in any future US military operation against Iran. The claim could not be independently verified.
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