Reuters reported, citing two sources with knowledge of the matter, that Donald Trump told Mohammed bin Salman in a November 9 phone call that he planned to attack Iran after the US midterm elections.
According to these sources, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia asked Trump to refrain from this action and said that the economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic are bearing fruit.
Reuters reported, citing knowledgeable sources, that Mohammed bin Salman and Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked Trump not to renew military strikes against Iran in telephone conversations over the past two weeks.
The Reuters news agency also reported, citing three knowledgeable sources, that Donald Trump told his senior advisers in recent days that if the Islamic Republic or the Houthis in Yemen do not take new provocative actions, he may refrain from restarting military attacks on Iran.