One senior administration official described the Iranian system as frustratingly slow and opaque. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Donald Trump announced that he had cancelled planned US strikes on Iran after claiming progress towards a memorandum with Tehran. The move reportedly caught Benjamin Netanyahu off guard while Iran said no final decision had been taken.

President Donald Trump said the ⁠United States is going to attack Iran “very hard” if a deal aimed at ending the three-month war is not finalized.