Kochi: Donald Trump has cancelled strikes against Iran, provided a deal is struck “rapidly” with Teheran.
The US president said he had been asked by Iran and other countries in the Middle East to “hold off” on any attack as the “perimeters” of a deal had been agreed, he said in a post on Truth Social.
Reports emerge amidst the US and Israel preparing for new strikes on Iran, BBC reported.
Meanwhile, Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency denied that Tehran had asked the US to hold off on further military action, saying Trump’s claims were “nothing but a new lie”.
The US had also urged Americans in the Middle East to remain alert and prepared to leave “should there be escalation” in the region.
In his post on Saturday, Trump said the US was “locked and loaded and ready to go against the Islamic Republic of Iran, at levels of Military Terror, Strength, and Power not seen since World War II”.
Trump halts attack on Iran
