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Published On 2 Aug 20262 Aug 2026
- US President Donald Trump says he has cancelled planned attacks on Iran “subject to being able to rapidly make a deal”.
- He claims Iran and other countries in the Middle East had asked him to hold off any strikes and that “the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to” including on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
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