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Iran war live: Trump says Iran attack postponed at request of Gulf allies

18 May 2026

This content originally appeared on Al Jazeera.

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By Lyndal Rowlands and Zaid Sabah

Published On 19 May 202619 May 2026

United States President Donald Trump says he has postponed a planned attack on Iran at the request of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and added that “serious negotiations are now taking place”.
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said “dialogue does not mean surrender”, and that Tehran had entered the “dialogue with dignity, authority, and the preservation of the nation’s rights”.

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