{"id":25274,"date":"2026-08-02T15:23:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T10:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=25274"},"modified":"2026-08-02T15:23:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T10:23:56","slug":"trump-signals-deal-to-end-iran-war-may-be-imminent-agrees-to-cancel-the-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=25274","title":{"rendered":"Trump signals deal to end Iran war may be imminent, agrees to &#8220;cancel the attack&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>President Trump said Saturday that the United States has agreed to &#8220;cancel the attack&#8221; on <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/iran-war-us-trump-strait-of-hormuz-kuwait-jordan-air-base\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Iran<\/a><\/span> after signaling a peace deal to end the war could be imminent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have just been asked by Iran, and other Middle Eastern Countries, to hold off any attack in that the perimeters [sic] of a deal has been agreed to,&#8221; Mr. Trump said in a Truth Social post. &#8220;This would include the Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran&#8217;s  nuclear threat.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;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. The Country of Israel joins me in this commitment.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. and Israel had planned what would be one of the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-israel-iran-war-energy-related-targets-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">harshest bombing campaigns<\/a><\/span> to date against energy infrastructure targets in Iran, multiple sources told CBS News, with strikes possible as soon as this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll be hitting them very hard. At some point, they&#8217;re going to say, &#8216;We just can&#8217;t take it anymore,'&#8221; Mr. Trump said on Friday at Camp David.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Saturday, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke with Mr. Trump and cautioned him against conducting a fresh round of strikes on Iran, CBS News learned. One source told CBS News that bin Salman&#8217;s outreach to Mr. Trump was &#8220;all about concern over the targets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Several U.S. embassies in the Middle East \u2014 including Amman, Jordan; Jerusalem; and Baghdad \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/il.usembassy.gov\/security-alert-u-s-embassy-jerusalem-august-1-2026-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issued security alerts<\/a>\u00a0on Saturday due to &#8220;heightened tensions.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The State Department advised that &#8220;Americans currently in the Middle East should exercise caution and heightened vigilance and should be prepared for flight cancellations, periodic airspace closures, and potential travel disruptions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-saudi-arabia-strike-iran-proxies-iraq-after-attacks-on-american-forces\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">said they had struck<\/a><\/span> Iran-backed militants in Iraq in a joint operation. U.S. Central Command said that strike <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2082260118930956482\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was in response<\/a> to more than 30 drone attacks from those militants over the previous 72-hour period that targeted &#8220;U.S. forces and Saudi energy infrastructure,&#8221; and that had come at the direction of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Tuesday, CENTCOM said Iran had launched a surprise ballistic missile attack on U.S. forces in the Middle East. CENTCOM said that all of Iran&#8217;s missiles were intercepted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/us-iran-war-trump-saudi-arabia-strait-of-hormuz\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">latest round of direct U.S. strikes<\/a><\/span> on Iran came Wednesday. According to CENTOM, that operation saw it hit Iran&#8217;s &#8220;military command centers, missile and drone facilities, coastal surveillance and defense sites, and maritime capabilities.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Israel itself has not engaged in direct military operations against Iran since the U.S. and Iran<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/iran-war-us-trump-peace-deal-agreement\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"> reached a memorandum of understanding<\/a> in June to halt fighting. However, that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/us-iran-war-trump-says-ceasefire-over\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">temporary ceasefire collapsed<\/a> in early July, and the U.S. and Iran resumed their conflict.<\/p>\n<p>In his statement Saturday, Mr. Trump said that &#8220;The Country of Israel joins me&#8221; in the &#8220;commitment&#8221; to a peace deal.\u00a0  <\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/joe-walsh\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Joe  Walsh<\/a>, <\/p>\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/james-laporta\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">James  LaPorta<\/a>, <\/p>\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/jennifer-jacobs\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Jennifer  Jacobs<\/a> and <\/p>\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/ed-okeefe\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Ed  O&#8217;Keefe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump said Saturday that the United States has agreed to &#8220;cancel the attack&#8221; on Iran after signaling a peace deal to end the war could be imminent. &#8220;We have just been asked by Iran, and other Middle Eastern Countries, to hold off any attack in that the perimeters [sic] of a deal has been&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/02\/92cf9fef-100a-4580-83d6-eeca9b957307\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b1cef4043f7540d3bd54e998db28120\/ap26212752365213.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-hub"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}