Trump calls off threatened new Iran strikes as long as deal is agreed ‘rapidly’
President Donald Trump announced he has paused planned military strikes against Iran, contingent on a rapid agreement regarding the Strait of Hormuz and Iran's nuclear program. The decision follows internal warnings about military resource depletion and the potential for a wider regional conflict.
Why it matters
The ongoing tensions between the US and Iran have critical implications for global energy security and Middle Eastern geopolitical stability.
US president Donald Trump said he had cancelled threatened new strikes on Iran — provided a deal was struck “rapidly” with Tehran that included the “Immediate, Complete, and Total” opening of the Strait of Hormuz and “an end to Iran’s nuclear threat”.
In a post on social media late on Saturday, Trump said the US was “locked and loaded and ready to go against the Islamic Republic of Iran” but that he had agreed to requests by Iran and other Middle Eastern countries “to hold off any attack in that the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to”.
He also claimed Israel had jointly committed to a pause in fighting.
The Israeli government has not publicly confirmed its agreement.
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