President ‌Donald Trump has paused attacks on Iran to allow more room for diplomacy, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations ‌told Fox News.

"He's giving ​talks some space, he's giving it a little ⁠bit of room," Mike Waltz told ​the broadcaster on Sunday.

Waltz did not ⁠provide further detail on the nature of the talks, but there has been ‌a weekend lull in ​the fighting between Iran ‌and the United States.

The Pentagon ‌paused bombing operations after 13 nights of escalating strikes and there were no ⁠weekend reports of ‌attacks by ⁠Iran on its neighbors.

Asked about the ⁠pause, ⁠a senior official in Trump's administration said on ‌Saturday that the president "has always been clear that his preference is diplomacy, but ‌he ​has shown Iran ‌what will happen if they fail to come to ​the table in a serious way."