India, Aug. 3 -- US President Donald Trump has once again pulled back from a threatened military strike on Iran, announcing late on Saturday that he would order American forces to hold off after what he described as the outlines of a deal to end the five-month war being reached with Tehran, according to reports.

The decision, confirmed in a post on social media, came shortly before a planned joint US-Israeli strike on Iranian energy infrastructure was due to go ahead. Trump said the emerging agreement would include the "Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran's nuclear threat." He added: "Based on this request, I have agreed, for the future benefit of the WORLD and, likewise, the survival of a succ...