In the most consequential development of the day, President Donald Trump abruptly canceled a planned evening round of military strikes against Iran and announced that a deal had been reached between all parties involved in the escalating Middle East conflict.
“The discussions and the final terms of the agreement have been approved, both in principle and in their details, by all parties involved,” Trump posted on Truth Social, according to multiple international outlets including Greece’s Ethnos, Germany’s Der Spiegel, Norway’s Dagbladet, and Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald.
The announcement came after days of tit-for-tat military exchanges between the U.S., Israel, and Iran that had threatened to spiral into a broader regional war. Iran had launched attacks against Gulf states including Kuwait and Bahrain — strikes that, as The New York Times reported, underscored those countries’ deep dependence on American military protection. India’s Ministry of External Affairs linked shipping attacks in the Strait of Hormuz to the wider West Asia conflict and called for dialogue, while confirming all 20 Indian crew members aboard the MT Jalveer were safe at Oman’s Shinas port.
Trump said the U.S. naval blockade would remain in place “until this transaction is finalised,” with the time and place of a formal signing yet to be announced. The reversal — from threatening further bombardment to declaring a breakthrough in negotiations — represented a whiplash-inducing 24 hours even by the standards of this administration.
