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Trump extends Iran deadline by five days and claims ‘productive’ talks (www.theguardian.com)
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Coincidentally, five days from today is No Kings. Anything to keep Epstein out of the news.

Donald Trump has extended by five days his deadline to “hit and obliterate” Iran’s power stations and energy infrastructure if Tehran does not allow shipping to move freely through the strait of Hormuz, claiming that the US and Iran have held “very good and productive conversations” on an end to the three-week-old war.

There was no immediate official reaction from Tehran to Trump’s announcement, which was made in a post on Truth Social and appeared to avert a potentially massive escalation of the conflict, at least for now.

The Fars news agency, which is linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, denied any talks, saying there were neither direct nor indirect communications with the US, and the state-owned IRNA newspaper reported that Iran’s foreign ministry said no negotiations had taken place with the US.

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Trump claims ‘productive’ talks with Iran but Tehran denies contact (www.theguardian.com)
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Donald Trump has claimed there have been talks between the United States and Iran over the past day in which the two sides had “major points of agreement”, appearing to avert a potentially severe escalation of the conflict.

Tehran has denied the claim, in which Trump also speculated that a deal could soon be done to end the war. Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said no talks had been held with the US since the bombing campaign began 24 days ago.

Trump’s threat at the weekend to “hit and obliterate” Iran’s power stations and energy infrastructure if Tehran did not allow shipping to move freely through the strait of Hormuz, and Iran’s threat to destroy infrastructure across the Middle East in retaliation, had raised fears of a deepening conflict and global economic crisis.