Trump says US no longer needs a deal with Iran, redirects Vance to other issues
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Trump predicts near victory in war with Iran, rules out nuclear arms for Tehran
US President Donald Trump said he expects Washington to achieve a very near victory in its war with Iran, pointing to new talks planned this week. He reiterated that the United States will not allow Tehran to acquire nuclear weapons.
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Trump expects more Iran talks this week amid strike threat
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he expects further talks with Iran this week, a day after rejecting Tehran's proposal to end the conflict. He added that he continues to weigh the option of resuming strikes against Iran.
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Trump says US held mediator talks to end war with Iran, vows swift victory
US President Donald Trump said American officials held talks on Monday with mediators working to end the war between Washington and Tehran. He added that the United States would achieve victory in the conflict "very soon," without providing further details on the negotiations or the mediators involved.
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Trump may resume military strikes on Iran as talks stall
Axios reported, citing three sources familiar with the matter, that Qatari mediation efforts this week failed to produce a diplomatic breakthrough between Washington and Tehran, with neither side showing willingness to shift its position. The outlet added that President Trump could again resort to military strikes against Iran if the impasse continues.
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Iran receives US response to its proposal to end war and reopen Hormuz
Iran said it has received Washington's official reply to its proposal to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Disagreements persist over the order in which the agreed steps should be carried out, according to the report. Trump said that developments are expected soon in Tehran.
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Tehran reviews US response to its proposal as Washington maintains pressure
Iran said it is reviewing the US response to its proposal, according to Al Jazeera, which cited the Iranian deputy foreign minister. Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei told RT Arabic that Tehran believes the response does not differ from earlier proposals in its focus on the nuclear file. The US energy secretary said supplies through the Strait of Hormuz have kept rising in recent weeks, while Washington continues its diplomatic and military pressure.
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Iran's parliament speaker says US sent proposals via mediator as delegation row escalates
Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf said the United States recently submitted proposals through an intermediary, adding that the era of stalling and unilateral demands is over. The US State Department said Washington expelled two members of the Iranian delegation who remained in the country after the UN General Assembly meetings ended. Araghchi said there is no military solution with Iran, while BBC Arabic reported on camps training women to use weapons in the country.
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Vance says Iran must sharply cut enrichment to end war
US Vice President JD Vance said Iran must substantially reduce its uranium enrichment capacity. He added that Washington wants to see concrete steps from Tehran before any agreement to end the war, which has lasted more than seven months between the two countries.
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Trump rules out striking Iran before midterms, calls talks with Tehran productive
President Donald Trump said he does not plan to attack Iran before the midterm elections and described the ongoing talks with Tehran as productive. Washington also imposed sanctions on 17 vessels carrying Iranian oil. An Iranian official did not rule out a preemptive strike on Israel, as efforts continue to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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Trump calls US-Iran talks productive, rules out attack before midterms
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Washington is holding what he described as productive talks with Iran. He added that he has no plans to launch a military strike on the country before the congressional midterm elections on November 3. The reports gave no details on the substance of the talks or who is taking part.
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Pentagon prepares options for three-day strike campaign on Iran, NYT reports
The US military has drawn up options for resuming large-scale combat operations against Iran at President Donald Trump's direction, The New York Times reported on Thursday. The plan centers on an intensive three-day campaign. Officials cited in the report warned that Iran has become a harder adversary to confront.
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Iran says message exchange with US continues via mediators as economic pressure mounts
Iran says it is still exchanging messages with the United States through intermediaries and is reviewing Washington's positions. The US, for its part, says it is widening Iran's financial and trade isolation, while Sky News Arabia describes a standoff caught between diplomacy, economic pressure and military preparations.
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Trump says US is profiting from high oil prices, vows to bring them back to pre-war levels
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States is making a fortune from higher oil prices, responding to criticism of his war on Iran. At a campaign rally in Arizona, he reaffirmed his pledge to bring prices back to pre-war levels.
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Trump says he wants Russia to stop aiding Iran in war with US
US President Donald Trump said he would like Russia to stop helping Iran in its war with the United States, according to Russian media reports. The report gave no details on the nature of the assistance and included no response from Moscow or Tehran.
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Trump accuses Iran of staging Hormuz attacks to push up oil prices before midterms
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Iran is fabricating attacks in the Strait of Hormuz to drive up oil prices ahead of the US midterm elections. He repeated his line that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, a phrase he says he has used throughout months of war. According to media reports, Iran's Revolutionary Guard threatened to target US bases in the region if the US military keeps escorting ships through the strait, and RT reported that Trump also accused Iran of laying mines there.
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Two oil tankers explode south of Hormuz as Trump hints at new operation against Iran
Iran's Revolutionary Guard navy said two supertankers exploded off the southern coast of the Strait of Hormuz. According to the Guard's naval public relations office, as reported by RT Arabic, the vessels struck naval mines. Separately, US President Donald Trump suggested a new operation against Iran was possible.
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Iran rejects tying Hormuz reopening to end of blockade, Tasnim reports
Iran's Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday, citing an informed source, that Tehran does not accept making the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz conditional on lifting the blockade. The source added that Iran has submitted no new proposals to the United States on reopening the waterway.
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Vance sends message to Iranian security chief to revive US-Iran talks
US Vice President JD Vance has sent a message to Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, in an effort to revive negotiations between Washington and Tehran, according to The Wall Street Journal. The talks aim to end the conflict between the two sides. Other media reports described the message as confidential.
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Trump responds to Vance's message to Iran amid Hormuz tensions
US President Donald Trump has commented on a message from Vice President Vance to Iran, as reports emerge of new military options and tension grows around the Strait of Hormuz. Iran warned it would respond more broadly to any fresh attack. Rezaei threatened to target infrastructure linked to the United States, according to BBC Arabic.
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Khamenei orders military to respond without geographic limits as Trump holds off on decision
Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has ordered the armed forces to respond to any new threat "without geographic restrictions," after meeting senior military commanders, according to BBC Arabic and CNN Arabic. Iran's army warned that any fresh US attack would only widen the war, following threats of further military action from the United States and Israel. BBC Arabic reported that Trump has not yet made a decision on military action against Iran.
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Trump calls Netanyahu as US readies possible resumption of operations against Iran
US President Donald Trump phoned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday morning, according to people familiar with the call. The sources said the conversation was meant to check in on a close ally as Washington prepares for a possible resumption of military operations against Iran.
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Five explosions heard on Iran's Qeshm Island near Strait of Hormuz
Iran's IRNA news agency reported five explosions on Qeshm Island in the country's south, with the blasts heard in Hormuz and Bandar Abbas. Their nature and cause remain unclear. The reports came shortly after the Revolutionary Guard said it had shot down a US drone and taken control of two others near the Strait of Hormuz. The Guard said its electronic warfare systems disabled two MQM-170 reconnaissance drones south of the island, a claim the reports do not independently confirm.
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Trump says US military aid to Israel will end by year's close
President Donald Trump said in a phone interview with Fox News on US election day that Washington will end its annual military aid to Israel, worth nearly $4bn, at the end of this year. He said Israel does not need the funds, and the New York Times reported he described the move as part of an agreement reached months ago. Fox News quoted him as saying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised the idea, and that Israel will still be able to buy US weapons.
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Trump announces halt to US aid for Israel on election day, outlets report
US President Donald Trump has announced a halt to American aid to Israel, according to RT Arabic and CNN Arabic. Both outlets link the announcement to an issue raised in election campaigns that has begun to affect policy as election day gets under way. They mention candidate Abdulrahman El-Sayed in this context, but the available material does not detail the decision or how it would be implemented.
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CENTCOM says it disabled a ship in Gulf of Oman as Iran reports two tankers hit in Hormuz
US Central Command said on Saturday that it disabled a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Oman, saying the ship had tried to breach the naval blockade imposed on Iran. In a statement early Sunday, Iran's Revolutionary Guard navy said two oil tankers struck naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz, though accounts of the cause differ. Iranian sources also reported hearing two explosions on Qeshm Island and denied they were linked to any projectiles, according to Sky News Arabia.
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Trump rules out renewed Iran war as talks progress, while Tehran says mediators have gone quiet
Donald Trump has ruled out resuming the war with Iran, citing progress in talks, while Tehran says the mediators' shuttle activity has stopped, BBC Arabic reports. Israel, for its part, has threatened to resume strikes on Iran, as the US moves to choke off Iran's land and sea trade routes. Tehran has vowed to thwart a plan called "Iron Gate".
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Rubio says economic pressure on Iran makes major military action unnecessary
Rubio said Washington sees no need for a large-scale military operation against Iran, describing the economic pain it faces as exceptional and growing every day. He added that President Donald Trump has also heard from Middle East allies who share this assessment. Trump, for his part, said the negotiations have positive momentum.
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Iran urges response to Hormuz reopening plan, rules out concessions on its arsenal
Iran has called for a response to an earlier proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while insisting on its seven conditions and refusing concessions on its nuclear and missile capabilities. Washington, for its part, is maintaining pressure on Tehran and keeping the military option open even as diplomacy continues, Sky News Arabia reported.
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Vance weighs face-to-face talks with Iran's security council chief
The Wall Street Journal, citing officials, reports that US Vice President JD Vance is considering direct, face-to-face talks with Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, amid discussion of ending the war. The paper says mediators have proposed immediate confidence-building steps between Washington and Tehran.
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Iran rules out moving enriched uranium abroad, says no talks under way with US
Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said Tehran will not allow any enriched nuclear material to leave the country and that Iran and the United States are not currently holding talks. According to Sky News Arabia, he warned that Iran would target distant US bases if it faces new American attacks. RT Arabic reported that Tehran has told Moscow it insists on keeping highly enriched uranium inside Iran.
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US Treasury secretary reportedly moved to military base over alleged Iranian threat
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has moved from his home in the Washington area to a military base after an alleged Iranian threat against his life, the New York Times reported. Bessent has led a sanctions-based pressure campaign against Iran since the Middle East war began, pledging "economic asphyxiation" of the country. Fox News, citing an official, reported that Iranian plots targeting US officials are intensifying. Bessent is the latest Trump administration official to leave home over security concerns.
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Trump says US no longer needs a deal with Iran, redirects Vance to other issues
US President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Thursday that Washington no longer needs a deal with Iran, marking another shift in his position on the war with Tehran. He asked Vice President JD Vance to turn his attention to other issues. According to Sky News Arabia, Trump described the deal phase as long over.