Trump says he agreed to cancel a planned major strike on Iran to reach a deal with Tehran

US-Israeli strikes on IranTrump says he agreed to cancel a planned major strike on Iran to reach a deal with Tehran Donald Trump also stressed that the US is ready "to go against the Islamic Republic of Iran, at levels of Military Terror, Strength, and Power not seen since World War II" US President Donald Trump© AP Photo/Evan VucciWASHINGTON, August 2. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump announced that he agreed to cancel a planned major strike on Iran in order to reach a deal with Tehran. "The U.S.A. is locked and loaded and ready to go against the Islamic Republic of Iran, at levels of Military Terror, Strength, and Power not seen since World War II," he wrote on Truth Social on Saturday. "Despite this, we have just been asked by Iran, and other Middle Eastern Countries, to hold off any attack in that the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to. This would include the Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran’s nuclear threat," the American leader said. "Based on this request, I have agreed, for the future benefit of the WORLD and, likewise, the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran, to cancel the attack, subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL," Trump stressed. 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