US President Donald Trump said that the US military was "and with a complete journey" to strike Iran, but he changed his opinion ten minutes before the planned strikes..
The US President had approved plans to carry out attacks on three sites, in response to Iran's dropping of an American drone.
Trump said he canceled the strikes when he was told that 150 people would go victims of these strikes.
In a tweet on the social networking site Twitter, Trump said: "I stopped the raid 10 minutes before its implementation, because the response is not commensurate with the shooting down of a drone.".
What was the plan?
The New York Times was the first to talk about Trump's retreat from a planned blow to Iran late Thursday evening.
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The newspaper said that the operation was "in its early stages" when the American president instructed his army to stop the operation.
"I am not on a hurry," Trump said on Friday..
Iran held the American administration responsible for "any provocative action", stressing that the American reconnaissance plane that shot down Thursday had selected the Iranian airspace, and Iranian TV showed pictures of what he said was parts of the plane.
The commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Brigadier General Ali Haji Zada, confirmed that a warning was issued to the American plane before it was shot down in Iranian airspace..
The New York Times indicated that diplomats and prominent officials were awaiting strikes before 7 pm Washington time (before dawn in the Middle East time), after Trump's intensive consultations with his senior advisers and prominent members of Congress at the White House.
The newspaper added that these strikes were supposed to target Iranian rocket batteries and radar devices.
The newspaper quoted a Trump administration official as saying that preparing the operation was going well as the planes took off and the warships took their positions when Trump decided to cancel it before any shell was fired..
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A prominent members of the US Democratic Party had warned President Donald Trump against the dangers of "drawing" to a war with Iran.
"The president may not intend to go to the war, but we are concerned that he and the administration will be buried into a war," said Chuck Schumer, the leader of the Democratic minority in the Senate..
Shomer stressed the need to start an open debate in Congress and to issue a decision on funding before proceeding to any military operation.
The senior members of Congress attended an emergency meeting at the White House on Thursday for their briefing on the accident of the offensive of an American drone plane.
The President of the US House of Representatives, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, urged the meeting to reduce the escalation with Iran, saying, "It is important to remain in contact with our allies and to acknowledge that we do not deal with an official opponent and do everything we can to reduce the escalation.".
"This is a dangerous and extremely tense situation that requires a strong, smart and strategic approach, not reckless," she added..
Iran sent an official protest to the United States, as it described as a US drone violation of the Iranian atmosphere.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry handed over the protest to the Swiss ambassador to Tehran, whose country is sponsoring American interests in Iran.There are no diplomatic relations between the Islamic Republic and the United States since the Iranian revolution in 1979.
Iranian press reports say that the protest "held the American administration responsible for the consequences of such provocative actions.".
During the meeting, Iran presented "details about how this attack occurred, including the announcement of the accurate geographical coordinates of the US plane's injury to Iran," according to reports.
Brigadier Amir Ali Haji Zada said in a press statement: "Our boats were able to recover the wreck of" an American drone spy plane ".
He added, "Today you notice different parts of this plane, which violated the country's atmosphere, and currently the remains of this plane are in our possession,".
"big mistake"
President Trump said that Iran "made a big mistake" to shoot down an American drone over the Strait of Hormuz.
He added that it is likely that the plane was shot down as a result of a human error, saying: "I find it difficult to believe that it was an intended act.".
Iran said that the drone had violated the Iranian airspace, but the American army denied this.
The accident comes amid an escalation between the two countries.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that Iran will file a complaint with the United Nations, stating that the United States "transgresses our lands.".
"We do not seek war, but we will firmly defend our sky, land and water," he said on the social networking site Twitter..
Learn about the American spy plane shot down by Iran
How was the plane shot down?
Brigadier Amir Ali Haji Zada said: We warned the plane several times in two phases, as this plane has systems that transport information to its central stations, when it is contacted, but unfortunately it was not answered by them.
He added: The second time, we directed a warning to the plane at 03:55, and when you did not care about approaching our territorial waters, we were forced to drop it at 4:05 am.
What did Trump said?
During his talk at the White House, the US President said that the shooting down is only a new bad point.
He added that it was "documented" that the drone was above international waters, and it was not in the Iranian airspace.
"I think Iran made a mistake, and I think he was a general or someone who made a mistake and shot it," he said..
He added, "It is possible that it is a stubborn and stupid person,".
Jonathan Marx analysis
Defense Affairs correspondent
President Trump's comments indicate that the Iranian drone dropping over the Gulf may have been a mistake, tending to confirm previous reports from Washington that the White House is keen to reduce tension.
The Iranians have already tried to shoot down a smaller American drone earlier this week, and the two cases are a strong reminder of the risks of escalation, in the places where American and Iranian forces operate nearby.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander had described the incident earlier as a clear warning to Washington.
But it seems that Trump is betting on the possibility that everyone in Tehran will not follow the same rules of play, and they may leave a space for more moderate sounds there, it has the same American desire to alleviate the tension.
What other reactions?
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that the war between the United States and Iran will "have an unpredictable disaster"..
The Secretary -General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, urged all parties to show the utmost restraint.
Also, the Saudi Foreign Minister, Adel Al -Jubeir, told the BBC that his country is trying to send a message to Iran that its behavior is "unacceptable".
He added that "no one wants to start a war, but we cannot allow Iran to continue such hostile behavior, and the evidence indicating Iran's very strong involvement, Iran has previously threatened such action and today it did what it threatened.".
In the United States, the Speaker of Parliament, Nancy Pelosi, said that the United States has no desire for war with Iran, while Joe Biden, the main candidate for the Democratic Party in the presidential elections, described Trump's strategy in Iran as "catastrophic".