Iran strike called off minutes before launch: Trump

Iran strike called off minutes before launch: Trump

June 21, 2019 3:46 pm MST.

Donald Trump says the U.S. was just minutes away from launching a military strike against Iran before he called it off. Melissa Duggan on why the U.S. president says he pulled the plug on the retaliatory move.

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