Trump urged Netanyahu to limit Iran strikes, report says 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.