Trump news at a glance: president says scheduled attack on Iran has been postponed – for now
by Guardian staff from US news | The Guardian on (#75Q7E)
President says he has instructed US military to be ready for a full, large scale assault of Iran, on a moment's notice' - key US politics stories from Monday 18 May
Donald Trump says he has called off a planned attack on Iran at the behest of Gulf states so talks could continue.
In a post to his Truth Social platform, the US president claimed that the leaders of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia had approached Washington because of the chance of reaching a deal that would be very acceptable" to the US, and preclude Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
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