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Trump says he's postponing 'scheduled attack of Iran tomorrow' at Middle East leaders' request

Cnbc · 🇮🇷 public Iran · · 157 words · By Kevin Breuninger
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What to know about Trump says he's postponing 'scheduled attack of Iran tomorrow' at Middle East leaders' request

President Donald Trump said Monday he is calling off a plan to attack Iran on Tuesday after the heads of three regional powers in the Middle East asked him to "hold off." Trump, in a Truth Social post, said he has informed U.S.

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What happened

President Donald Trump said Monday he is calling off a plan to attack Iran on Tuesday after the heads of three regional powers in the Middle East asked him to "hold off." Trump, in a Truth Social post, said he has informed U.S.

Why it matters

military leaders "that we will NOT be doing the scheduled attack of Iran tomorrow" in light of the requests from Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Common ground

The president claimed in the post that those leaders had asked for the planned attack to be postponed "in that serious negotiations are now taking place, and that, in their opinion, as Great Leaders and Allies, a Deal will be made, which will be very…

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Trump, in a Truth Social post, said he has informed U.S. military leaders "that we will NOT be doing the scheduled attack of Iran tomorrow"”
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While web search results confirm that Trump frequently posts about the Iran conflict on Truth Social, none of the provided evidence snippets explicitly quote the specific phrase 'that we will NOT be doing the scheduled attack of Iran tomorrow'. The evidence confirms the medium (Truth Social) and the topic (Iran conflict), but not the specific wording of this claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump insists he's not under pressure to make a peace deal with Iran, but says one will be made "relatively quickly".He has posted a dozen times on his social media site, Truth Social, about th…
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cly90l3ln30t
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump has posted more than 200 times on Truth Social since the U.S. and Israel began bombing Iran 9 days ago, but less than 20 percent of the posts were about the war, according to a …
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Trump posted multiple messages aimed at Iran on Truth Social, according to @sentdefender. The posts appear to signal heightened pressure on Tehran, though no specific policy action was annou…
https://www.pizzint.watch/intel/trump-iran-truth-social-warn…
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Claim 2: “requests from Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan”
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The cross-reference from Nypost explicitly names Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the individuals who requested the postponement. Wikipedia and other web results confirm these individuals hold the titles mentioned in the claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad discuss strengthening fraternal ties and regional cooperation in a phone call, focusing on mutual interests and recent de…
https://gulfnews.com/uae/uae-president-emir-of-qatar-discuss…
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web search NEUTRAL — Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has reigned as the Emir of Qatar since 25 June 2013, succeeding his father, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamim_bin_Hamad_Al_Thani
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web search NEUTRAL — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Friday discussed regional developments during a phone call with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. The Saudi Press Agency reported that the two off…
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/saudi-arabia/2026/05/15/m…
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Claim 3: “President Donald Trump said Monday he is calling off a plan to attack Iran on Tuesday”
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The evidence from Wikipedia and web search results confirms a conflict between the US and Iran in 2026 and a subsequent ceasefire agreement. Specifically, one web search result explicitly states 'Trump agrees to suspend US attacks on Iran for two weeks as part of a double-sided ceasefire', which aligns with the claim of calling off a planned attack.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 8 April 2026, the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in the 2026 Iran war, mediated by Pakistan. Iran had rejected the draft proposal for a 45-day two-phased ceasefire framework …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war_ceasefire
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of presidential trips made by Donald Trump during 2026, the second year of his second presidency as the 47th president of the United States. This list excludes trips made within Washing…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_mad…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026. The war is ongoing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
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Claim 4: “the heads of three regional powers in the Middle East asked him to "hold off."”
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The claim that three regional powers asked him to 'hold off' is directly corroborated by a cross-reference from the New York Post (Nypost), which explicitly names the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE as the parties who reached out to Trump to ask him to hold off.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, has a history of speech and actions that have been viewed by scholars, Jewish organizations, and the public as antisemitic or fostering …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_antisemitism
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There has been significant academic and political debate about whether Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, can be considered a fascist according to consensus definitions of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_fascism
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 13 to 16 May 2025, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, undertook his first major international trip of his second term, visiting Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. T…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_2025_visit_by_Donald_Trump…
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