India, Aug. 2 -- The United States has announced it will halt its planned strikes against Iran after "parameters" for a peace deal were agreed to. Taking to Truth Social, US President Donald Trump claimed that the deal will include the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the end of Iran's nuclear programme.

"This would include the Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran's nuclear threat. Based on this request, I have agreed, for the future benefit of the WORLD and, likewise, the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran, to cancel the attack, subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

The US President also added that Israel has also expressed its com...