President Donald Trump has long been looking for this weekend to be a big one for his presidency.

Trump said in a social media post that he made the move after a breakthrough in negotiations, and that significant points under discussion "have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved."

President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron will meet over dinner at the glittering Palace of Versailles near Paris after the G7 summit next week in France.

The fighting has since died down, but the differences between the two leaders are likely to persist, in part because of their domestic political considerations.