Reports indicated that Israel may have been taken by surprise that Trump had been aloof at first, but was suddenly contemplating an attack on Wednesday.

As signs mount of impending U.S. military action against Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears poised to play a role in realizing his long-awaited vision of putting an end to the Islamic Republic in the event of a U.S. attack.

Tehran halting 800 executions after US president's warnings, White House says, while UN envoy renews threats; IDF chief tours missile defense battery as Israel still on edge

The report came after the US appeared to shift towards diplomatic means of pressure to stop the Iranian crackdown on protesters.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called President Donald Trump on Wednesday and urged him to “postpone” any plan to attack Iran following the mass slaughter of pro-democracy protestors in the country,

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Iran’s leadership had halted the executions of hundreds of protesters detained during a recent nationwide crackdown. He claimed the move came after scheduled hangings were set to be carried out a day earlier,

As Iran returned to uneasy calm, a senior hard-line cleric called Friday for the death penalty for detained demonstrators and directly threatened Trump — evidence of the rage gripping authorities in the Islamic Republic.