Netanyahu Urges Trump to Delay Iran Strike Plans

Israeli PM Netanyahu requests President Trump to hold off on U.S. military action amidst Iran protests.

Netanyahu asked Trump to delay any plans for a U.S. military strike on Iran – NYT

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has asked President Trump to postpone any plans for an American military attack on Iran, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday, even as the Iranian government continues to grapple with nationwide protests.

Mr. Netanyahu spoke to Mr. Trump on Wednesday, the same day the American president said he had received information from
\”very important sources on the other side\” that Iran had stopped killing protesters and was not going forward with executions.

That appeared to signal that Trump was backing away from a potential U.S. attack on Iran, which he has been weighing for days.

However, Trump sent a similar ambiguous signal last June even after he had largely made up his mind to order an attack on Iran. And a senior U.S. official said late Wednesday that Trump had not set aside the military options his commanders had presented in recent days, and whether he ordered an attack depends on what Iranian security agencies do next in regard to the mass protests.