Hours before a planned US airstrike on Iran, leaders of Arab states told President Trump that a preliminary agreement was within reach, prompting him to call off the attack and announce that a deal could soon be signed, according to a Politico report cited by i24NEWS.
A new report from Politico, cited by i24NEWS, adds that Arab leaders—not just Pakistani mediators—intervened directly with President Trump hours before planned airstrikes on Iran were set to begin, promising that a preliminary nuclear deal was within reach. This prompted Trump to cancel the operation and suggest an agreement could be signed shortly. The account, published Monday evening, expands the cast of intermediaries in the hours-long diplomatic scramble that led to the strike cancellation.
The thread shows the sequence of events as they were reported in real time. At 20:38 Jerusalem on June 11, The Zioneer first reported Trump's announcement that he had canceled the strikes, citing a chance for a deal (v.1). Minutes later, Trump claimed all parties had approved the deal "in concept and detail" (v.2), followed by the New York Times reporting that Pakistani mediators had informed Trump they had secured a deal (v.5) and that he had also spoken with the Qatari Emir (v.7). An Iranian source then told The Zioneer that no agreement had been signed (v.6). Over the course of the evening, the reporting evolved from a single claim by Trump (v.1–2) to corroboration by multiple news outlets (NYT, i24NEWS) naming specific mediators, while Iranian denials of any final deal remained consistent.
As The Zioneer reported on June 8–11, Trump has repeatedly urged restraint, publicly stating that both Israel and Iran seek a ceasefire while warning against military escalation. Israeli officials expressed readiness to carry out a limited operation despite Trump's opposition (June 10, 20:19), and earlier reports noted the president had blocked a planned Israeli attack (June 8, 21:14).
The Politico report remains attributed to a single anonymous account. The specific Arab leaders involved, whether the deal framework has been formally submitted to Tehran, and Iran's official response to the claimed preliminary agreement remain unconfirmed.
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