President Donald Trump said he is holding off on a military strike on Iran planned for Tuesday because “serious negotiations” are underway.

President Trump said he will hold off on his plan to attack Iran on Tuesday at the request of leaders in the Middle East, indicating a peace deal could be imminent. “Serious negotiations are now taking place,

Iran-US war latest: Trump calls off fresh strikes as Gulf allies say peace deal is close - Trump warned if a deal is not reached the US military is ‘ prepared to go forward with a full, large scale as

The Pentagon reportedly warned the president that Iran's air defense capabilities had improved before he decided to halt further attacks.

The Iranian proposal also calls for maintaining the right to enrich uranium and “peaceful nuclear activities,” after Trump touted that “serious negotiations” were ongoing.

President Donald Trump said he is holding off on a planned military strike on Iran for Tuesday at the request of several allies in the Middle East because “serious negotiations” are underway.

Trump made the announcement in a social media post on Monday after threatening over the weekend that time was running out for Iran to strike a deal or fighting would renew. Last week, he said a fragile ceasefire was on "life support,

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he is holding off on a military strike on Iran planned for Tuesday because “serious negotiations” are underway to end the war. “There seems to be a very good chance that they can work something out.

Despite Trump publicly calling for Israel to hold fire, it struck targets in Iran for the first time since a ceasefire ‌in April, after Iran fired missiles at Israel in ‌what Tehran said was retaliation for Israeli strikes on Lebanon's capital.