One day after the operation began, Trump announced on Tuesday May 5 that Project Freedom would be paused for a short period to see whether a 'Complete and Final Agreement' with Iran could be finalized, saying the decision was made partly at the request of Pakistan and other countries; the blockade of Iranian ports remained in place.
Computed, not asserted — every number here is derived from public data: official EIA Brent closes via FRED, IMF PortWatch transit counts, Polymarket and Kalshi odds, and source-linked curated events. Method and caveats · Atom feed · llms.txt