Trump calls off Strait of Hormuz ultimatum as Iran receives U.S. message from mediators
The head of the U.S. military’s Central Command says Iran is “operating in a sign of desperation” by targeting civilian sites in the war. In an interview with the Farsi-language Iranian opposition satellite network Iran International that aired early Monday, U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper said: “They’re operating in a sign of desperation. … In the last couple of weeks, they’ve attacked civilian targets very deliberately, more than 300 times.” Cooper noted a slowdown in Iranian incoming fire across the Mideast as the war entered its fourth week. “At the beginning of the conflict, you saw large volumes, in the












