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US President Donald Trump said on Aug 2 that the US military held off on a fresh attack on Iran for a deal to halt Iran's nuclear weapon ambitions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

He said Iran and three US allies asked them not to do it, and if the attack went on as schedule, it could have been the biggest attack since World War Two.

Iran's official news agency IRNA reported that negotiations between Iran and Oman over the Strait of Hormuz were in their final stages.

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00:39I was asked by Saudi Arabia, by UAE, and by Qatar, and by Iran.
00:48We were all set to go, just about at this time right now, and it would have been a massive
00:55attack.
00:56We were all set to go, but when the allies ask to call it off, you got to sort of
01:03say,
01:04well, let's see.
01:05And the reason they ask is I think there's a deal.
01:08There's a deal on hormones, and then there will be a deal on the nuclear, or you might
01:13call it the denuclearization of Iran.
01:15I call it the denuclearization of Iran.
01:17We're holding it.
01:18We'll just see.
01:19We can do it any time we want.
01:21But we were asked by the three primary groups.
01:27We were also asked by Iran, very strongly actually.
01:31They said, we'd like to make a deal now.
01:33You know, I don't know what they say, because a lot of times they'll say that to me, and
01:36then they'll go out and say, we don't know what he's talking about.
01:38Obviously, they don't want to be attacked.
01:40And they knew the extent of the attack because they saw it forming.
01:45Well, now what we're doing is we're talking to them in the form of a negotiation.
01:49It begins tomorrow afternoon, and we'll see if it's true.
01:53I'd love to do that.
01:54Save a lot of lives.
01:55Save a lot of unnecessary power, to be honest with you.
01:58It would take many, many years to ever build it back.
02:01I don't think it would be even buildable back.
02:03So we had an attack that would be the biggest attack since World War II.
02:10And it would have been disastrous for them.
02:14And they didn't want us to do it.
02:16And frankly, Saudi Arabia didn't want it either.
02:19They thought that a deal is eminent.
02:23And the deal is eminent having to do with the Hormuz Strait and also the, ultimately, the denuclearization of it.
02:31So when I hear that, I say, well, do we want to go and be this?
02:36Now, there's a group of people that would like me to just do it.
02:38And there's another group of people that does not want me to do it.
02:42We'll just see how it is.
02:44We're ready to go any time we want.
02:46Would I rather make a deal?
02:48I'm not looking to kill people.
02:50Because people die.
02:52A lot of people die.
02:53And we don't want that.
02:54I asked Saudi Arabia, the king.
02:55I said, the crown prince.
02:58I said, what would you rather do?
03:00Would you rather have us do this or not?
03:01They said, we would much prefer a deal as opposed to an attack.
03:07Because you don't know where these attacks lead.
03:08I mean, will they be flooded with people pouring into their country?
03:13A disaster.
03:14A lot of bad things can happen.
03:19I said, that is what he decided.
03:25I'm so happy to have others.
03:25I'd rather have a case do notID ...
03:26Of course.
03:26Who might not have any cameras, or into what they would need?
03:29Just and it's like a real show.
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