The acting US defence secretary has claimed that the alleged threat from Iran has receded as the result of an American show of force in the Middle East. Nerves in the region were put even more on edge on Sunday by Donald Trump’s tweeted threat that any conflict with the US would mean “the official end of Iran”. To defuse this crisis the US must start talking to Iran | Peter Westmacott Read moreAsked what he meant by saying that the threat was “on hold”, the acting defence secretary said: “There haven’t been any attacks on Americans. The secretary of state, spoke on Tuesday with the country’s foreign minister, Ine Søreide, about the incident. Iran showed it was preparing to strike back.

Source: The Guardian May 21, 2019 17:11 UTC