Trump Calls Off Iran Strike as Talks Set to Resume, Warns of Tehran’s Last Chance

President Donald Trump called off a planned major strike on Iran over the weekend and announced that negotiations with Tehran would resume, even as he warned that this represents Iran’s last chance to sign a good document.

Trump said talks would begin anew, describing an agreement as potentially imminent while cautioning that his patience was limited. I want to give them every last chance, he said, framing the diplomatic opening in stark terms. Iran’s foreign ministry, for its part, said a new shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz was being discussed with Oman, which would establish designated entry and exit lanes, a potential mechanism to ease the maritime crisis at the heart of the conflict.

The decision to hold off on further strikes marked a notable de-escalation after weeks of nightly American bombardment. According to reports, Israel had intended to join the now canceled attack, underscoring how close the region came to another major escalation. American forces have nonetheless continued to enforce their naval blockade of Iran, with Central Command reporting that it had redirected dozens of commercial vessels, disabled two, and boarded two others.

The human cost of the campaign has continued to draw scrutiny. Weapons experts concluded that a recent American strike on Iran’s Qeshm Island hit a family home, killing a husband, wife, and their young son, with munitions fragments pointing to one of the largest conventional bombs in the American arsenal. Central Command said it was reviewing reports of civilian casualties.

The backdrop was the solemn Arbaeen pilgrimage, during which millions of Shiite Muslims gathered in the Iraqi city of Karbala under the shadow of the war. Iran’s foreign minister took part, and Tehran signaled it would support any decision reached by Palestinian leaders in the parallel Gaza talks.

For Israel, which remains under a state of emergency and on alert for renewed Iranian missile fire, the shift toward negotiation offers a pause but little certainty. A new poll found that 62 percent of Israelis believe Netanyahu’s promised total victory will never materialize. As diplomacy resumes and the blockade continues, the war’s ultimate direction remains, once again, unresolved.