Trump Says He Canceled Strikes on Iran, Claiming Progress on Outlines of a Deal

President Trump said he agreed to requests from Iran and other Middle Eastern countries to cancel planned attacks, citing what he said was progress in reaching the “perimeters of a deal” with Tehran. By Aaron Boxerman and Francesca Regalado President Trump said late Saturday that he had canceled threatened U.S. strikes on Iran, opting to pull back from the brink of renewed war in the Middle East for the second time in two weeks. Trump said in a post on social media that Iran and other Middle Eastern countries had asked him to refrain from military action. He also said the “ perimeters of a deal ” had been reached to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the vital waterway for global oil and gas blockaded by Iran for months now. Iran has yet to give any indication that an agreement to end its grip over the strait was close, and Mr.

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