US President Donald Trump claimed on Thursday evening that his country had decided to end the war with Iran "after Tehran agreed not to possess nuclear weapons."
This came during his participation by phone in a campaign rally for Bert Jones, a candidate for governor of Georgia. Tehran, however, denied reaching a final agreement on the matter.
Washington and Tel Aviv accuse Tehran of possessing nuclear and missile programs that threaten Israel and regional countries friendly to the United States. Iran maintains that its program is peaceful and that it is not seeking to produce nuclear weapons or threaten other countries.
Trump said, "I don't know if you heard or not, but today we ended the war with Iran. They agreed never to have nuclear weapons, and that was our insistence and our entire objective—95 percent of our objective."
Earlier on Thursday, Trump announced via his Truth Social platform the cancellation of planned attacks against Iran that night, claiming that the proposed understandings had been approved by several parties, including Israel, and that the date and location of the official signing would be announced later.
He said: "Based on discussions with Iran, which reached the highest levels of the Iranian leadership and received approval, I have decided to cancel the planned strikes and bombing operations against Iran this evening."
For his part, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baghaei denied that his country had reached a final agreement, contrary to what Trump announced, considering what is being said in this regard to be "mere speculation."
Amidst setbacks and cautious optimism, Washington and Tehran have been engaged in negotiations, mediated by Pakistan, since the start of the ceasefire on April 8th, to end the war that the United States and Israel launched against Iran on February 28th.
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