Trump Pauses Air Strikes Again Over Talks With IranPresident Trump announced that the US was again suspending air strikes, stating that he was asked by regional allies, like the Saudis, to forego air strikes to allow negotiations to proceed. “The reason they asked is they think there’s a deal on Hormuz,” he told the media aboard Air Force One. This stopping of air strikes in hopes of negotiation has now happened a dozen times and has netted nothing of consequence. Qatar is heading up the next negotiations on the Strait of Hormuz between Iran, the United States, and Oman, according to inside sources. Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, said Iran was demanding that ships entering the strait take the northern route close to Iran.