NewzThe US president says Gulf allies and Tehran urged him to delay planned strikes. US President Donald Trump said negotiations with Iran will begin on Monday after he decided to hold off on new strikes against the Islamic republic to pursue a deal. “Obviously, they don’t want to be attacked.
They knew the extent of the attack because they saw it forming,” Trump told reporters on Sunday aboard Air Force One. “Now what we’re doing is we’re talking to them in the form of a negotiation. It begins tomorrow afternoon,” Trump said without providing further details of the venue of the...
US president Donald Trump said Iran and US partners Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar had asked him to hold off on the strikes. (EPA Images pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said that negotiations with Iran will begin Monday after he decided to hold off on new "disastrous" strikes against the Islamic republic to pursue a deal."Obviously, they don't want to be attacked. It begins tomorrow afternoon," he said, without providing further details of the venue of the talks or the participants.On Saturday, the US president pulled back from threats for a massive attack against Iran which he said would have been the biggest since World War II, saying the "perimeter" of a deal was there.In his comments Sunday, where he explained his decision-making, Trump said that he had been asked by Iran as well as US partners Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar to hold off on the strikes."When the allies asked to call it off, you've got to sort say 'Well, let's see.' And the reason they ask is they think there's a deal," Trump said."There's a deal on (the Strait of) Hormuz, and then there will be a deal on the nuclear, or you might call it the denuclearisation of Iran."He reiterated that the scale of the planned strikes would have been "the biggest attack since World War II"."It would take many, many years to ever build it back if it could -- I don't think it would even be buildable," Trump asserted.He said Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman had also urged against the strikes, warning of possible unintended consequences."I mean, will they be flooded with people pouring into their country and disaster?
A lot of bad things can happen," Trump said.The war began on Feb 28 when the US and Israel launched surprise strikes against Iran, though months of on-off diplomacy have led to periods of relative calm.A previous ceasefire deal, including the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz -- a vital conduit for global energy supplies -- fell through, and Iran has since tightened its control over the vital waterway as the two countries resumed attacks against each other in recent weeks. president pulled back from threats for a massive attack against Iran Trump says new talks with Iran to begin Monday after calling off strikes US President Donald Trump said that negotiations with Iran will begin Monday after he decided to hold off on new strikes against the Islamic Republic to pursue a deal.
"Obviously, they don't want to be attacked," Trump told reporters on Sunday aboard Air Force One. US President Donald Trump said that negotiations with Iran will begin Monday after he decided to hold off on new strikes against the Islamic republic to pursue a deal. Read our live blog to see how events unfolded.
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