India, May 19 -- US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he has abruptly frozen a massive, pre-scheduled military assault against Iran, just hours before it was set to launch, at the request of America's Gulf allies. Trump claimed that he received an urgent request from key Arab leaders not to go ahead with the military escalation that would further destabilise the region.

The extraordinary disclosure was made via Trump's Truth Social platform, where the US president declared that the United States military had been fully mobilised to execute a large-scale strike on Tuesday.

Trump claimed that the operation was halted following personal interventions by Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed...