Iranian leadership yet to confirm claim, but US president says planned strikes on Iran cancelled

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Donald Trump has claimed that the US and Iran are on the verge of signing a peace agreement and announced that he would cancel fresh missile strikes on the country in a new bout of public diplomacy by social media that was not immediately confirmed by the Iranian leadership.

While the White House has sought a peace agreement with Iran and it would mark a major achievement for this administration, Trump has claimed dozens of times to be close to an agreement and has previously said the Iranian leadership had agreed peace terms that they in fact had not.