President Donald Trump said that he cancelled new U.S. strikes in Iran because Iranian leadership has approved "final points" to end the war.

The hostilities come as both sides vie for control of the Strait of Hormuz, the shipping lane that, up until the war, operated as a free-trade route.

President Trump said Thursday that he was canceling strikes on Iran as talks were back on with Iran and a peace deal was imminent.

Dramatic reversal comes hours before expected strikes, but details of diplomatic developments not immediately clear

President Trump said he has canceled Thursday airstrikes he previously threatened on Iran, citing progress toward a peace deal.

President Donald Trump says the US has “ended the war with Iran,” but Tehran has yet to confirm any deal was reached.

Hours after vowing to “strike hard” against Iran, Mr Trump said there had been a breakthrough in peace negotiations. Mr Trump told The New York Post that an agreement between Washington and Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and begin nuclear ...

Trump reverses course to say no new strikes on Iran after boisterous threats to hit country ‘very hard’ - President claims Tehran is ‘in submission’ as he attacks press coverage of war

The U.S. launched strikes on Iran, hours after President Donald Trump vowed to reinstate an American blockade of Iranian ports and charge ships for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.