US and Iran hold fire for third night as talks given 'space'

US and Iran have held their fire for a third straight night, Euronews reports, as talks are given what officials call 'space' to continue. It follows thirteen consecutive nights of US strikes on Iran, which the US military said were aimed at degrading Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz — a key oil-transit chokepoint between the Persian Gulf and the open sea.

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