Trump cancels joint strikes on Iran after reaching 'rough framework' of a peace deal
President Donald Trump canceled plans for a joint U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran's energy infrastructure late Saturday night after coming to an agreement on a "rough framework" of a peace deal with Tehran. The agreement will see with "immediate" reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, Trump says.
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President Donald Trump has said earlier in the Iran conflict that the U.S. and Israel considered attempting to arm Iranians, but did not follow through with the plan.
Iran's theocratic regime had just carried out a crackdown on protesters before the war began. Estimates say regime forces killed thousands of protesters during that period.
Israeli President Herzog blasts Mamdani, praises Trump, sounds alarm on Iran
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is spreading hateful and antisemitic rhetoric and endangering the lives of New Yorkers, Israeli President Isaac Herzog told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview at his Jerusalem residence.
"Mamdani does not respect my nation's right for self-determination … the Jewish people's inherent right to have a nation of their own. And he's basically spreading blasphemy, hate, antisemitic rhetoric. He should understand that he's risking his own citizens. He’s risking their safety, well-being and life," Herzog said.
In an incident that drew global attention, Mamdani posted a video on social media July 21 in which he called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "a war criminal" and "the architect of a horrific genocide against the Palestinian people."
"This cannot be accepted in New York, which is a city which is dear to our heart, dear to the Israelis and dear to me personally," Herzog said.
"I think New York will continue way after Mamdani. And I hope he won't create an irreversible damage."
On Iran, Herzog said the regime has for decades posed a strategic threat to global stability and not only to Israel and the Middle East.
"They take their people's food and money and spend it on terror all over the world. It's a given fact," he said. "You ask yourself why a nation of this nature wants to have so much terror activity around the world, and that is because of ideology. … The ideology does not accommodate any other religion or moderate Islam, for that matter. That is why it is so dangerous."
Herzog said Tehran’s missile program, activities around the Strait of Hormuz, nuclear ambitions, domestic repression and support for regional terror proxies as evidence of the regime’s major threat to U.S. national security interests. He added that many Americans had been killed by the Islamic Republic.
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Amelie Botbol.
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Retired Vice Adm. Robert Harward says the regime in Tehran is making a final push to stay in power as U.S. operations focus on eliminating its weapons production.
The comments come as Iranian officials agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz once again as peace talks appear to have regained strength.
Trump halted planned Iran strike as both sides work toward deal
President Donald Trump said Saturday the United States held off on a planned military strike against Iran late Saturday night as Washington and Tehran work to quickly finalize a deal.
"The U.S.A. is locked and loaded and ready to go against the Islamic Republic of Iran, at levels of Military Terror, Strength, and Power not seen since World War II," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
"Despite this, we have just been asked by Iran, and other Middle Eastern Countries, to hold off any attack in that the parameters of a deal has been agreed to," he continued. "This would include the immediate, complete, and total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran's nuclear threat."
Trump said he agreed to suspend the military operation while negotiations continue.
"Based on this request, I have agreed, for the future benefit of the WORLD and, likewise, the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran, to cancel the attack, subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL," Trump wrote.
The president added that Israel supports the effort to reach an agreement.
"Get to work, everybody, and get it DONE," Trump said.
Fox News' Michael Sinkewicz contributed to this report.
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