Donald Trump announced that he had halted a planned attack against Iran after the several Middle Eastern countries agreed to a framework for a peace deal.

In a post on Truth Social, the US president asserted he was asked by Iran and other countries in the Middle East to hold off any attack as the perimeters of a deal which could include reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ending Iran’s nuclear threat had been agreed upon.

His comments came following US media reports that Washington may have been preparing further high-intensity offensives on Iran over the........

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