US President Donald Trump urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to scale back Israel’s retaliatory attacks on Iran, warning that nuclear talks with Tehran were close to a breakthrough, The New York Times reports.
Citing officials briefed on the call, the newspaper said Trump told Netanyahu that negotiations between Washington and Iran were “within days of a breakthrough”.
The report points to growing US concern that Israel’s strikes could derail talks at a decisive moment.
The Times also reported that “a White House official, who was granted anonymity to discuss Mr. Trump’s thinking, said the president had said Israel and Iran wanted an ‘immediate cease-fire,’ adding that the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz remained in effect.”
