
President Trump initially ordered a five-day postponement of strikes on Iranian power plants after describing talks with Tehran as productive; that pause was later extended. The latest reporting says he subsequently called off a planned attack after Middle Eastern leaders asked him to hold off, which aligns with the sequence of short pauses and extensions. The temporary window for diplomacy reduced immediate escalation risk, but uncertainty remains because military deployments and other activity continued during the pause.
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