India, Aug. 2 -- US President Donald Trump claimed in a social media post that Middle East allies had reached the parameters of a deal to end the five-month-old Iran war, adding that he would hold off on ordering fresh strikes on Iran for now.

Trump said on Saturday that the United States was prepared to launch an unprecedented military response against Iran but had decided to hold off after being informed that the parameters of a deal to end the conflict had been agreed upon.

"The USA is locked and loaded and ready to go against the Islamic Republic of Iran, at levels of Military Terror, Strength, and Power not seen since World War II," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

He added that Iran and other Middle Eastern countries had re...