'I'm not sure I'm ready to call the crisis over yet, but so far so good,' Defense Secretary Mark Esper said.
The Pentagon called for talks with Iran, though the Iranian government dismissed diplomacy with the United States until President Donald Trump lifted his hard-line"maximum pressure" approach.
"To the degree that it's been successful, that's good. I'm not sure I'm ready to call the crisis over yet, but so far so good, we hope the trend lines continue that way, we hope the parties, the Iranians agree to meet and talks and resolve these issues," he continued, later"we can reach out, we want to talk with Iran about a diplomatic path forward."
The recent incidents have occurred amid the backdrop of a steady deterioration in ties between the U.S. and Iran. The two countries struck a nuclear deal in 2015 only for the Trump administration to have abandoned the agreement last year, accusing Tehran of sponsoring militant groups abroad and destabilizing the region with missile development. The White House has since continued to impose increasingly strict sanctions against the Islamic Republic, which has vowed to resist them.
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