Iran war live: Trump cancels attack, says ‘perimeters of a deal’ agreed

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Move comes after Iran’s top diplomat warned of a ‘decisive response’ to any US-Israeli ‘aggression’.

Published On 2 Aug 2026

• US President Donald Trump says he has cancelled planned attacks on Iran “subject to being able to rapidly make a deal”.
• He says Iran and other countries in the Middle East asked him to hold off any attack as “the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to”, including the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.