Donald Trump announced late on Thursday that he had cancelled scheduled strikes against Iran, saying negotiations had reached agreement at the highest levels of Iranian leadership and been approved by a coalition of countries including the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, and Egypt.
“Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have, as President of the United States of America, cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
He added that discussions and final points had been “approved by all parties involved, in both concept and great detail,” and that the naval blockade on Iran would remain in place until the agreement was formalised. “Time and place of the signing to be announced shortly,” he wrote.
No further detail on the terms of the agreement was provided in the post, and no official statement had been issued by the named countries at the time of writing.
The announcement, if confirmed by the parties involved, would represent a significant shift in the US-Iran standoff that had brought the region to the brink of direct military confrontation.
