Trump says he is cancelling strikes on Iran subject to deal being made 'rapidly'

Donald Trump says he has cancelled strikes against Iran provided a deal was struck "rapidly" with the country. In a post on Truth Social, the US president claimed he was 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, which he said would include reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ending Iran's nuclear threat. His comments came after US media reported that Washington may have been planning new, intense strikes on Iran over the weekend. Earlier on Saturday, Tehran had accused the US of escalating tensions, saying any regional state co-operating with Washington would be "engulfed by the flames of war". Multiple sources had earlier told CBS News, the BBC's American media partner, that the US and Israel were planning what would be one of the harshest bombing campaigns to date against energy infrastructure targets in Iran.

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