DOUBLING DOWN:
The US president said the deal was approved by Israel, the Gulf states and Iran, suggesting back-channel mediation by allies might have borne fruit
AFP, WASHINGTON
Tehran yesterday said it had not reached a final decision on a deal to end the Middle East war, despite US President Donald Trump claiming an agreement could be signed in days and canceling threatened strikes on Iran.Talks with Iran had been “brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved,” Trump said, so he had “cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening.”“Time and place of the signing to be announced shortly,” he added.
US President Donald Trump speaks during the signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 31.
