US President Donald Trump said he postponed strikes against Iran that were scheduled for May 19. He wrote about this on the social network Truth Social.
According to him, he did so at the request of the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. They explained this request by saying that “serious negotiations are currently taking place,” the result of which “will be an agreement that will be completely acceptable” to the United States and all Middle Eastern countries.
Trump indicated that as a result of the agreement, Iran will not be able to possess nuclear weapons.
“Out of respect for the above leaders, I have directed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Keane, and the United States Army that we will not conduct our planned attack on Iran tomorrow, but I have also directed that we are prepared for a full-scale attack on Iran if an acceptable agreement is not reached,” Trump wrote.
The United States has repeatedly said it will start striking Iran again if Tehran abandons the agreement. In early April, Iran and the United States agreed to a truce that remains in effect. Washington, through intermediaries, conveyed to Tehran a 14-point proposal to end the war, which stipulates that Iran must abandon the development of nuclear weapons in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. In response, Iran put forward five conditions for the United States to resume negotiations, but Trump described them as “unacceptable.”