Reuters: Trump has told his advisers he may delay new attacks on Iran.
In an exclusive report, the Reuters news agency cited three knowledgeable sources and wrote that US President Donald Trump told his senior advisers in recent days that if Iran or the Tehran-backed Houthis do not take new provocative actions in Yemen, he may postpone new attacks against Iran.
According to Reuters, Donald Trump raised this issue in meetings with his national security advisers and after receiving intelligence reports. However, current and former US officials said he did not appear to have yet made a final decision on how to end the war with Iran.
Reuters also cited sources with knowledge of the matter who said that Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, had asked Trump in phone calls not to renew attacks on Iran. According to these sources, the President of the United States has not committed himself in this matter.
According to this report, American intelligence agencies estimated that repeated attacks on Iran would probably not significantly change Tehran's demands in the negotiations. Despite this, the US military is still ready to increase the military operation if necessary.
In response to Reuters, a White House official said that Donald Trump is the sole decision maker regarding US military operations and "only President Trump knows what he will do and when."