THE NEW YORK TIMES: Israel, Arab nations ask Donald Trump to postpone US military action in Iran

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

Mr Netanyahu spoke to Mr Trump on Wednesday, the same day the US 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 Mr Trump was backing away from a potential US attack on Iran, which he has been weighing for days.

However, Mr Trump sent a similar ambiguous signal in June, even after he had largely made up his mind to order an attack on Iran. And a senior US official said late Wednesday that Mr 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.

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