Trump says he is postponing Iran attack at request of Middle East leaders

President Donald Trump said Monday he is abandoning plans to attack Iran on Tuesday after the heads of three regional powers in the Middle East asked him to “stop.”

Trump, in one satya social postSaid he has informed US military leaders that “we will not conduct the scheduled attack on Iran tomorrow” in light of requests from Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

The president claimed in the post that those leaders had asked to postpone the planned attack “Serious negotiations are now taking place, and in his opinion, as great leaders and allies, an agreement will be reached that will be very acceptable to the United States as well as all countries in the Middle East and beyond.”

“This deal, crucially, will include no nuclear weapons for Iran!” Trump wrote.

The president said he told Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Kaine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that despite Tuesday’s strike being called off, they should be “prepared to proceed with a full, massive strike on Iran at a moment’s notice, in the event no acceptable agreement is reached.”

Hegseth traveled to Kentucky on Monday to attend a political event with the Republican House candidate challenging incumbent GOP Rep. Thomas Massie, whom Trump wants to oust from Congress.

The US and Iran are locked in a kind of military and economic standoff centered on the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global oil-shipping route that is blocked by dueling blockades between the wars, preventing most ships from passing.

The fight to control the strait has deeply weakened an already shaky ceasefire, which, begun about six weeks ago, is nominally still in effect — though it has been repeatedly disrupted by fighting, and Trump said last week it was on “life support.”

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