Trump Cancels Iran Attack After 'Perimeters' of Deal Reached; Hormuz to Open, Nuclear Threat Set to Be Ended

President Donald Trump announced Saturday night he canceled a planned U.S. attack on Iran after Tehran and other Middle Eastern countries asked him to hold fire. The "perimeters" of a deal were subsequently agreed to he said would fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end Iran's nuclear threat. "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," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "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," he continued. Trump said the emerging 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 wrote. "The Country of Israel joins me in this commitment," he added. "Get to work, everybody, and get it DONE." Qatari mediators held separate talks Saturday with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, White House envoy Steve Witkoff, and Omani officials in an effort to secure an agreement reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The talks had made progress by Saturday evening, although it remained unclear at the time whether they would be enough to avert an attack. Araghchi also spoke Saturday with Pakistani army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, who has played a key mediating role between Washington and Tehran, as well as the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and Turkey.