Trump Claims Deal With Iran is Close and Retracts Threat to Attack
President Trump said he had canceled the next wave of attacks on Iran after two days of U. S. airstrikes, claiming peace negotiations have progressed.
President Trump said he had canceled the next wave of attacks on Iran after two days of U. S. airstrikes, claiming peace negotiations have progressed.
As the Iran war drags on, Oman — a U. S. ally and mediator with Iran — has found itself at odds with the Trump administration and some of its own neighbors.
It did not say who had interfered but blamed the United States, one of the tournament’s hosts, after months of war.
Opponents attacked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for halting strikes against Iran after a call with President Trump, saying that he was letting the United States make Israel’s decisions.
Washington and Tehran would need to defend any potential deal as a win for their side. And each has a leader whose approach to talks is vexing mediators.
President Trump is grappling with his own version of the sort of Middle East crisis that beset his predecessors, and that he promised to avoid.
President Trump is seemingly making the midterms about revenge, not about what’s best for a party trying to keep control of Congress.