Trump Cancels Planned Iran Strike Citing Deal Framework on Hormuz and Nuclear Program

President Trump, who had threatened Friday to hit Iran "very hard" and warned "at some point, they're going to say, 'We just can't take it anymore,'" said Saturday night he agreed to cancel a planned US attack on Iran, citing a request from Iran and "other Middle Eastern Countries" to hold off because "the perimeters of a deal" had been reached, subject to concluding the deal rapidly 1234. Trump said the framework would include "Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT" and an end to Iran's nuclear threat, and said Israel joined him in the commitment 134. The announcement followed reporting that the US and Israel were preparing a large bombing campaign against Iranian energy infrastructure as soon as this weekend 34, and came after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called Trump on Saturday to urge him to cancel the strikes and return to negotiations, according to Axios and CBS News 234. Tehran had not issued an immediate response as of Saturday, though Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told his Saudi counterpart earlier that day that any US or Israeli strike would meet a "proportionate response" 2.