Trump Cancels Iran Bombings And Claims Peace Deal Is Approved
Key takeaways
- Topline President Donald Trump canceled strikes on Iran scheduled for later Thursday, claiming Tehran’s leadership has agreed to a peace deal that will be signed “shortly.”
- President Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Air Force One prior to departure from John F.
- Trump told Fox News in a phone interview Thursday that his “preference” is to take Kharg Island, but he’s not sure Americans have “the stomach, I think they’d like to see us come home.”
Topline President Donald Trump canceled strikes on Iran scheduled for later Thursday, claiming Tehran’s leadership has agreed to a peace deal that will be signed “shortly.”
President Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Air Force One prior to departure from John F. Kennedy International Airport, in New York, on June 9, 2026. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images Key Facts Trump said on Truth Social the decision was “based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved,” adding the U.S. naval blockade on ships coming in and out of Iran would “remain in full force and effect until this Transaction is finalized.”
Trump said earlier Thursday the U.S. would attack Iran “VERY HARD TONIGHT,” he wrote on Truth Social, threatening to also take over Kharg Island, major infrastructure and Iran’s oil and gas markets “in the not too distant future.”