Skip linksSkip to ContentNavigation menuNewsAfricaAsiaUS & CanadaLatin AmericaEuropeAsia PacificMiddle EastExplainedSportOpinionVideoFeaturesEconomyHuman RightsClimate CrisisInvestigationsInteractivesIn PicturesScience & TechnologyPodcastsTravelSponsored ContentLive updates, Move comes after Iran’s top diplomat warned of a ‘decisive response’ to any US-Israeli ‘aggression’.[Majid Asgaripour/ West Asia News Agency via Reuters]Published On 2 Aug 2026
US President Donald Trump says he has cancelled planned attacks on Iran “subject to being able to rapidly make a deal”.
He claims Iran and other countries in the Middle East had asked him to hold off any strikes and that “the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to” including on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
