Regional mediators were scrambling again on Friday to pull the US and Iran back from the brink of renewed war, as days of strikes by the two countries appeared to settle into an uneasy pause. The fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran appears to be unravelling. Fresh exchanges of strikes have fuelled fears of a wider conflict, prompting renewed international calls for restraint. The United Nations is urging both sides to return to diplomacy before the crisis escalates further. Bassam Bounenni reports.
