The US secretary of state testified that the US is no longer conducting sustained strikes inside Iran "because Epic Fury is over”. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

RFE/RL spoke with Jake Sotiriadis, an adviser to the US State Department, about whether these developments could signal the beginning of a diplomatic off-ramp between Washington and Tehran or merely a pause in a confrontation that still carries a significant risk of escalation.