U.S. President Donald Trump said the US will hold off new strikes against Iran after the Islamic Republic and other Middle Eastern nations told him they are working toward a deal, Bloomberg reported. Trump said he had agreed to cancel the attack "subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL," according to a social media post, adding that Israel had agreed to join him in the commitment. He said the US was asked to hold off in exchange for terms that would include the immediate and total reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and an end to Iran's nuclear threat.The move follows a report by Axios that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had urged Trump to refrain from new strikes, according to Bloomberg. The US military had been ordered to carry out fresh attacks as soon as this weekend, the Wall Street Journal reported, after Trump vowed at a Friday cabinet meeting to hit Iran "very hard" to end a war now dragging into its sixth month. US embassies across the Middle East warned Americans to prepare for flight cancellations and airspace closures. The stop-start conflict, which began Feb. 28 and has repeatedly disrupted the Strait of Hormuz, has driven sharp energy-price swings, with Brent crude ending the week above $90 a barrel, up from below $72 at the start of last month.