President Trump announced Monday that he has called off a scheduled military strike against Iran following appeals from Gulf region leaders who believe diplomatic negotiations can still succeed.
In a post on Truth Social, the president revealed that a military operation set for Tuesday has been postponed after leaders from Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE asked him to give talks more time.
“I have been asked by the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, and the President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to hold off on our planned Military attack of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was scheduled for tomorrow, in that serious negotiations are now taking place, and that, in their opinion, as Great Leaders and Allies, a Deal will be made, which will be very acceptable to the United States of America, as well as all Countries in the Middle East, and beyond,” the president wrote.
“This Deal will include, importantly, NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR IRAN!” he added.
The president said he has directed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Daniel Caine, and military leadership to cancel the strike while keeping forces ready if diplomatic efforts collapse.
“We will NOT be doing the scheduled attack of Iran tomorrow, but have further instructed them to be prepared to go forward with a full, large scale assault of Iran, on a moment’s notice, in the event that an acceptable Deal is not reached,” President Trump wrote.
Earlier Monday, Reuters reported that Pakistan delivered a new Iranian proposal to Washington. According to Iran’s Tasnim News Agency, the proposal centered on ending the conflict and included American “confidence-building measures,” though it reportedly did not address US concerns about uranium enrichment and Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium.
A senior US official speaking to Israel’s Channel 12 News indicated that diplomatic progress has been minimal.
“We have not achieved much progress,” the official said, describing the situation as “very serious.”
“If that does not happen, we will conduct this discussion through bombs,” the official added.
