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(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump said the US will hold off new strikes against Iran after the Islamic Republic and other Middle Eastern nations told him they are working toward a deal.
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Trump said he had agreed to cancel the attack, “subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL,” according to a post on Truth Social. “Get to work, everybody, and get it DONE.” Israel had agreed to join him in the commitment, Trump said.
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Earlier, Axios reported that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had urged Trump to refrain from new strikes, citing people familiar with the conversation.
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The US was asked “to hold off any attack in that the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to,” Trump said his post on Saturday. “This would include the Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran’s nuclear threat.”
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The US military had been ordered to carry out fresh attacks as soon as this weekend, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Trump had said at a cabinet meeting Friday the US would be hitting Iran “very hard” in an effort to bring an end to the war as it drags into its sixth month. “And at some point they’ll say we just can’t take it anymore.”
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US embassies across the Middle East on Saturday warned Americans that they should be prepared for flight cancellations, periodic airspace closures and other travel disruptions as tensions remain elevated.
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The stop-start conflict between the US and Iran, which has repeatedly disrupted traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for oil, liquefied natural gas and fertilizer exports, started Feb. 28. A brief truce brokered in June collapsed last month, though the two sides paused strikes again in late July to give diplomacy another chance.
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That lull ended Tuesday night when Tehran carried out what Trump described as a surprise attack, firing multiple ballistic missiles at a US military base in Jordan. The latest escalation has driven sharp swings in energy prices, with Brent crude ending the week above $90 a barrel, up from below $72 a barrel at the start of last month.
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