Live Updates: U.S. preparing new Iran strikes with Israel as Trump says, “We’ve done an amazing job” – CBS News
There was no sign of the conflict ending as Iran claimed to have struck two ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
What to know about the Iran war today:
- President Trump announced Saturday night that he will cancel a pending attack on Iran after he indicated that a rough framework of a peace deal had been reached.
- The United States and Israel had been planning what would be one of the harshest bombing campaigns to date against energy infrastructure targets in Iran, multiple sources previously told CBS News, with strikes possible as soon as this weekend.
- Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke with President Trump on Saturday and cautioned him against conducting a fresh round of strikes on Iran, CBS News learned.
- U.S. embassies in several Middle Eastern capitals, including Amman, Jordan; Jerusalem; and Baghdad, warned American citizens on Saturday to beware an “unforeseen escalation” in the regional conflict and urged them to be ready to leave.
Trump says he has agreed to “cancel the attack” on Iran after rough framework of deal reached
President Trump said Saturday he will cancel an attack on Iran after he indicated that a rough framework of a deal had been reached.
“We have just been asked by Iran, and other Middle Eastern Countries, to hold off any attack in that the [sic] perimeters of a deal has been agreed to,” Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social.
The president said that “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.”
Mr. Trump said the deal “would include the Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran’s nuclear threat.”
Multiple sources Friday had told CBS News that the U.S. and Israel were preparing to conduct a powerful joint bombing campaign on energy infrastructure targets in Iran.
Trump said in his post Saturday that “The Country of Israel joins me” in the “commitment” to a peace deal.
“Get to work, everybody, and get it DONE,” the president wrote.
