Iran will halt its own attacks as long as the United States maintains its pause on strikes, but Tehran remains skeptical of US intentions, a senior Iranian source told Reuters on Sunday.

“Iran’s position remains ‘attack for attack’: if the attacks stop, Iran will also halt its operations. That message has already been conveyed to the United States,” the source told Reuters, a day after Washington halted attacks following 13 successive nights of air strikes.

“There is more skepticism than optimism about the halt in attacks. The prevailing view is that the pause is tactical rather than genuine,” the source added.

US ambassador to UN says Donald Trump is giving Iran talks ‘a little bit of room’

The US ambassador to the United Nations told Fox News on Sunday that President Donald Trump is giving Iran talks “some space.”

“He’s giving talks some space; he’s giving it a little bit of room,” Mike Waltz told the broadcaster on Sunday.

Waltz did not provide further detail on the nature of the talks, but there has been a weekend lull in the fighting between Iran and the United States. The Pentagon paused bombing operations after 13 nights of escalating strikes and there were no weekend reports of attacks by Iran on its neighbors.

Asked about the pause, a senior official in ​Trump’s administration said on Saturday that the president “has always been clear that his preference is diplomacy, but he has shown Iran what will happen if they fail to come ​to the table in a serious way.”

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