The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has communicated that he is suspending the attacks planned for Thursday night against Iran, arguing that, after holding "highest-level talks" with Iranian representatives, all parties involved have given their approval to the "final points" of the agreement aimed at ending the war that began on February 28.
"Given that talks with Iran have been held at the highest level of Iranian leadership, I, as President of the United States, have canceled the scheduled attacks and bombings against Iran tonight," he stated in a message disseminated on social media.
The Republican leader also stressed that the "final points" of the pact to conclude the conflict have been fixed "both in concept and detail" by all involved actors, including the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, and Egypt.
"The naval blockade will remain in full effect until this transaction is finalized; the date and place of the signing will be announced shortly," said the US leader.
Later, in a press conference from the Oval Office, he insisted that a "great deal to end the war with Iran" has been reached and indicated that his administration is finalizing the text, "which should happen in the coming days."
Along these lines, Trump hinted that the signing could take place on European territory: "We will probably sign the agreement in Europe. The stock market went up 1000 points. That means they like the deal. It means they like it. Oil will start to go down (...) even more than before," he assured.
"And most importantly, we have an agreement that Iran will never have nuclear weapons, which was the main objective of everything we had to negotiate to achieve it," he added, before stating that he has spoken with the leaders of Israel, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, and "other" countries.
The White House chief made these statements while, in parallel, sources from the Iranian negotiating team denied that Tehran has ratified "any text" for an agreement with Washington, according to statements reported by the Iranian news agency Fars.
Trump had previously stated that US forces would again attack Iranian territory on Thursday night and had even mentioned that Washington, "at some point in the not-too-distant future, will take" the strategic island of Kharg and "other points of Tehran's oil infrastructure."
"We will take full control of their oil and gas markets, very much like we have done with Venezuela, which is working out wonderfully for both Venezuela and the United States," the White House chief stressed this Thursday.
These warnings come in a context of escalation, after Washington and Tehran have exchanged attacks for the second consecutive day. The Revolutionary Guard has claimed responsibility for launching a series of drone attacks against US bases located in Bahrain and other Middle Eastern enclaves, an operation it described as "retaliation" for US offensives against different positions of the Islamic Republic.