Trump cancels planned attack on Iran, saying he reached an agreement over the 'perimeters of a deal'

U.S. President Donald Trump said early Sunday he has canceled a planned attack on Iran following a request by Tehran and its regional neighbors.
"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," Trump said in a Truth Social post.
The president said that the agreement would include the "Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran's nuclear threat."
"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 added. "The Country of Israel joins me in this commitment."
He added that the U.S. remains ready to strike Iran forcefully and "is locked and loaded and ready to go."
Iran appeared to react with caution to Trump's latest statement.
"Although the enemy's recent statements are part of a psychological and cognitive warfare campaign, we consider every threat to be real and take it seriously," Iran's acting Defense Minister, Seyyed Majid Ibn Al-Reza, said in a state media post on X.
Iran's Fars International state news agency said via its Telegram channel Sunday that Trump's demands amounted to a "wish list."
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman "stressed the need to prioritize dialogue to reduce escalation and the importance of making every possible effort to achieve calm" in a phone call with Trump, the Saudi Press Agency said Sunday.
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told his Saudi counterpart in a phone call on Saturday that any "aggression" by the U.S. and Israel or participation of regional countries will be met with a "decisive and proportionate response," according to Araqchi's Telegram account.
A temporary ceasefire following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran on June 17 has effectively broken down.
The Wall Street Journal cited unnamed U.S. officials as saying Friday that Trump had ordered the military to launch a fresh attack on Iran that could begin as soon as this weekend. But Trump could call off the planned strikes, officials told the Journal, if there was progress on the diplomatic front.
"We will be hitting them very hard," The Associated Press quoted Trump as saying Friday at a televised cabinet meeting at the Camp David presidential retreat. "And you know at some point, they're going to say, 'We just can't take it anymore.'"