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The president said the deal was not “acceptable” and demurred on whether he would restart military strikes after the midterm elections.
President Trump has rejected the latest Iranian proposal to end the conflict. Meanwhile, France is sending military support to Saudi Arabia in its war against Iranian-backed militants.
NYTimes – US The president said the deal was not “acceptable” and demurred on whether he would restart military strikes after the midterm elections.
Iran's seven-day proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz remains rejected by President Trump, who said he expected talks to resume; Iran now says its UN delegation has no talks planned with the United States, leaving the waterway closed and the diplomatic path stalled.
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Trump said he expected U.S.-Iran talks to resume a day after rejecting Iran's proposal, but Iran said its UN delegation has no talks planned, leaving the diplomatic path stalled.
NYTimes – US The president said the deal was not “acceptable” and demurred on whether he would restart military strikes after the midterm elections.
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former assistant secretary of defense for the Middle East Dana Stroul about the latest ceasefire proposal from Iran.
NYTimes – World Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, said a history of contradictory messaging meant that President Trump’s rebuff might not be a final position.
NPR – Politics President Trump said he was rejecting an Iranian plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranian proposal is similar to a memorandum of understanding agreed upon by the U.S. and Iran back in June.
Trump's response comes after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that "if the necessary conditions are met, the strait can be reopened, and normal maritime traffic can resume within seven days".
US president is said to expect renewed strikes after midterms US president Donald Trump has said he has rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the strait of Hormuz within a week and resume nuclear talks in return for the lifting of the US naval blockade of Iranian ports. “They made a proposal but I reject it,” he told reporters at the White House. Continue reading...
NYTimes – US Katie Zacharia is being moved out as White House press secretary after about five days in the role, according to U.S. officials and media reports. President Donald Trump said he asked her to reconsider whether she wants to stay. Her brief tenure followed a rocky first briefing and scrutiny over how she presented her legal career, including an admission that she did not pass the bar exam.
Sky News – World Police said they responded to a report of an active shooter at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon.
NYTimes – US Las Vegas police identified the man found in a barrel at drought-stricken Lake Mead in May 2022 as Edward Lelburian Jackson, an Arkansas man. Authorities said he was shot once in the head in the early 1980s; a DNA match from Arkansas family members helped solve the case after four years.
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