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Trump claims planned attack on Iran postponed after Tehran makes new proposal to end war
The US president says plans for a US military strike on Iran have been paused because ‘serious negotiations are now taking place’ Iran has made a new proposal for a deal to definitively end the war in the Middle East, officials in the region said on Monday, with Donald Trump claiming he had postponed new military strikes so talks could continue. But while the US president has regularly used social media to threaten Tehran, and to claim that a peace deal was within reach, there has been no sign of an immediate breakthrough in the stalled negotiations to end the war. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Trump claims planned attack on Iran postponed after Tehran makes new proposal to end war, The US president says plans for a US military strike on Iran have been paused because ‘serious negotiations are now taking place’ Iran has made a new proposal for a deal to definitively end the war in the Middle East, officials in the region said on Monday, with Donald Trump claiming he had postponed new military strikes so talks could continue. But while the US president has regularly used social media to threaten Tehran, and to claim that a peace deal was within reach, there has been no sign of an immediate breakthrough in the stalled negotiations to end the war. Continue reading…
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- Trump claims planned attack on Iran postponed after Tehran makes new proposal to end warThe Guardian - 2026-05-18T21:07:58+00:00
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