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The key dangers that threaten Trump’s peace terms with Iran
The US president said he went to war because Iran would not negotiate. Now he claims peace based on a negotiation with a regime he cannot defeat or control.
- David Crowe
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‘Let the oil flow’: Trump says Iran, US have reached peace deal
The details remain the subject of conjecture as Iran said the final agreement would be negotiated over the next 60 days, amid debate in Israel about whether Trump had given too much away.
- David Crowe
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Donald Trump forecast a Sunday signing of a long-elusive framework agreement to end fighting but Tehran cast doubt over the timing.
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- Bruce Wolpe
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‘Great settlement’: Trump calls off Iran strikes, claims peace deal could be signed this weekend
The US president has again claimed a deal to end the war is close, but Iran countered that it had not reached a final decision on an agreement.
- Humeyra Pamuk, Parisa Hafezi and Susan Heavey
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‘We’re going to hit them again’: Trump threatens further strikes on Iran
The president said Iran will “pay the price” for taking too long to negotiate a peace deal, after the countries traded strikes.
- Enas Alashray, Elwely Elwelly and Phil Stewart
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- Middle East at war
Trump claims he calls ‘all the shots’. Netanyahu and Iran have other ideas
As soon as the US president declared an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Iran, the two countries undercut his latest boast about dictating the terms of a truce.
- David Crowe
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‘Fire is on hold’: Iran, Israel halt strikes, but threaten to respond to any new attacks
Iran and Israel agreed to ease strikes against each other after a flare-up in violence threatened to derail peace negotiations and led US President Donald Trump to appeal for de-escalation.
- Eltaf Najafizada
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Attack on Israel is an astonishing demonstration of Iranian bravado in this ‘fiasco’ of a war
By firing salvos of missiles at Israel, Iran’s leaders are rolling the dice on punitive retaliation – but it could soon turn to folly.
- David Blair
Iran, US exchange missile and drone fire, testing fragile ceasefire
The fragile truce between the US and Iran has come under further stress in the Gulf, with American forces striking Iranian drones and radar sites, and Iran firing missiles at US bases in the Gulf.
- Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Veena Ali-Khan