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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump<\/span> said late Saturday that he would halt new planned attacks on Iran pending renewed talks to wind down the war<\/span> and revive stalled cargo traffic through the Strait of Hormuz<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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It was the latest in a pattern of announcements the U.S. president has made to first threaten massive strikes and then later call them off. The abrupt shifts have been a defining feature of the five-month conflict that has sent prices of oil and basic goods soaring<\/span> \u2014 and the announcements to date have been upended by renewed attacks days or even hours afterward.<\/p>\n

Here is a look at some of Trump\u2019s past major announcements about pausing strikes against Iran:<\/p>\n

April 7 <\/h2>\n

The United States and Iran agree to a two-week ceasefire<\/span> to end the intense fighting that began on Feb. 28 with Israeli and U.S. attacks<\/span>. Trump makes the announcement less than two hours before a deadline he had set<\/span> for Tehran to capitulate or face attacks<\/span> on bridges and power plants \u2014 strikes he said would mean \u201ca whole civilization will die.\u201d<\/p>\n

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April 21<\/h2>\n

Trump announces that the U.S. is indefinitely extending its ceasefire<\/span> with Iran a day before it was to expire. He adds that he has been asked by mediators to hold off on attacks to give Iranian leaders time to come up with additional proposals. The fragile ceasefire lasts until May 8<\/span>, when the U.S. carried out strikes on Iranian tankers. <\/p>\n

May 18<\/h2>\n

After a weekend of dire threats against Iran, Trump says he is holding off<\/span> on a major planned military strike because \u201cserious negotiations\u201d were underway. \u201cThere seems to be a very good chance that they can work something out. If we can do that without bombing the hell out of them, I\u2019d be very happy,\u201d he said. By May 27, U.S. strikes were back on<\/span> after negotiations faltered.<\/p>\n

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June 11<\/h2>\n

After two days of back-and-forth attacks, Trump threatens further escalation<\/span>, saying the U.S. would hit Iran \u201cVERY HARD TONIGHT\u201d and take \u201ctotal control\u201d of its oil and gas industries<\/span>. Then, a few hours later, Trump posts on social media that there had been a breakthrough in negotiations and called off the strikes.<\/p>\n

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June 17<\/h2>\n

Trump signs an initial agreement with Iran<\/span> that calls for a permanent end to hostilities and for reopening of the strait, and starts a 60-day negotiating clock to reach a final deal on the future of Iran\u2019s nuclear program. Trump left the door open to abandoning it. \u201cIt\u2019s a memorandum of understanding, and if I don\u2019t like it, we\u2019ll go back to shooting at them, dropping bombs,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

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