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President Donald Trump said on July 27 the United States has been having “very friendly” talks with Iran, despite recent escalation.
“You can’t bribe them. You’ve got to beat them, and we’ll beat the hell out of them. But we’ll see how it turns out,” he said at a rally in Michigan. “Right now, there are very friendly negotiations going on.”
The remarks came on the third day of calm in the Middle East after 13 days of intense U.S. strikes on Iran and retaliatory attacks across the region. Trump ordered the military to halt strikes on July 24 to give diplomacy a chance. Tehran, for its part, also held fire, saying on July 26 that it would continue to do so for as long as Washington did.
Earlier in the day, a Trump administration official told Israel’s Kan public broadcaster that indirect negotiations between the U.S. and Iran are at a “serious stage.” The official reportedly said both sides have passed proposals, in a sign of progress, but there are no agreements yet.
The Associated Press also reported citing regional officials that mediators have achieved progress in getting the U.S. and Iran back to negotiations.
Two regional officials told the news agency mediators led by Qatar and Pakistan are working to bridge the gap between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic to return to the memorandum of understanding that collapsed after the recent exchanges of fire.
One of the officials describes the progress made in mediation efforts as “significant.” He said mediators are working with Iran and Oman on a mechanism for managing vessels’ transit through the Strait of Hormuz, the flashpoint for the latest strikes and counterstrikes.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, said during a news conference in Tehran earlier in the day that “mediators may convey messages to us from the American side” but that there are no direct negotiations.
While the reports of progress may be real, a return to fighting remains more than likely. The U.S. and Iran are still far apart on the Strait of Hormuz and the nuclear issue.
In addition, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet Trump soon, and according to recent reports, he will be pushing for another round of fighting. He previously succeeded in convincing the U.S. president of attacking the Islamic Republic.
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no tankers were flowing through the straights when i checked today. the us will have to kowtow to open these. what are the new expanded iranian demands now ?
just a few minor perfectly reasonable additional requirements. chumpo has to give iran five hundred billion, a pink pony, and a partridge in a pear tree. chumpo and the jooz have to give up their nuclear weapons. chumpo and nuttyyahoo have to get down on their knees and beg forgiveness from the families of every child they have murdered. the jooz have to get out of occupied palestine and go back to khazaria.
i doubt the people in what was khazaria will want them back seeing how much of a cancerous pest zionists are.
some tanker maps energy traders use to monitor shipping may be spoofed ?
imo, these negotiations could well be used by the usadmin to get the iranian admin to drop its guard. the usadmin and its media cannot be trusted. usadmin honesty and integrity left ages ago. it’s moral compass is broken. no more lofty ideals, just war upon war.
peace prez has been lying his whole life nothing to see here move along
pathetic that iran stopped attacking just because the jews stopped their illegal attacks on them. they always let the jews call the tune whilst they dance to it. such a shame.
i say all americunts are inferior species
established that americunts are ugly transgender lower mammal species
you’ve touched a collective nerve there.
every time when trump says negotiations goes good, next us attacks. negotiations means for him: hold still, so i can attack you.
the greatest mistakes iran can do now is haltung it’s pounding.
us stockss of both defensive and offensive ordinance are now at a dangerously low level, so that is the only reason trump is changing his tune. i hope iran tells him to pound sand.
when tramp speaks, expect only lies.
irã, não faça cessar-fogo com os eua. o pior erro cometido. não sente com teu inimigo se ele já te apunhalou pelas costas uma vez. e diz outro ditado: “crie abutres e eles te arrancaram os ossos”. de novo o mesmo erro do irã, acreditar nos eua, ser bom demais.
very friendly w bibi when he pumps jizz in americunt anuz
another crazy war for the jooz. and the whole world pays the price. the whole world must free itself from joo slavery,
the trump con man has gotten a lot of americans killed for nothing in his new forever war but he has made billions.
fique fazendo a tua dancinha maldito, você vai pagar o preço por ajudar a entidade sionista
the soft target in military is offload and gathering of equipment and soldiers.iran should keep on hitting usa warships nd soldiers.do not let trump get your oil.trump is oil robber epstein gangster
trump, again trying to use the same lie over and over.. the american president is certifiably insane. the jews have pushed his feeble brain to it’s limits. he is bats_it crazy. american congress is an israeli team, here only to force usa into doing israels dirty work. trump is so guilty of treason, and pedophilia, and war crimes, etc. we need a crack team to right the wrongs. these traitors must be removed one way or another.