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  1. Trump says Iran negotiations ongoing as US strikes two-thirds of country's munitions plants

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    Iran rejects US ceasefire plan and submits its own | First Thing

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  1. Religion News

    Trump says Iran is eager for a deal to end the war as he extends deadline to allow for diplomacy (opens Religion News)

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    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Trump’s turnaround, which held out the possibility of resolving the war now in its fourth week, served to drive down oil prices and jolt stocks.

  2. The World from PRX

    The latest news from the war on Iran (opens The World from PRX)

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    US President Donald Trump today said he wants to make a deal with Iran and end the war. He claims the US and Iran are in talks to make this happen. But the Iranians have denied this claim and say Trump is backing down from his threats to obliterate Iran’s power plants. Meanwhile, the violence […]

  3. Deutsche Welle

  4. Al-Monitor

    Trump wants a deal with Iran but success of talks unlikely, Israeli officials say (opens Al-Monitor)

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    JERUSALEM, March 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump appears to be determined to reach a deal with Iran aimed at ending hostilities in the Middle East, three senior Israeli officials said on Tuesday.

  5. MyNorthwest

    Trump raises hopes for war to wind down as Iran denies negotiations (opens MyNorthwest)

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    U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters that Iran wants “to make a deal” to end the war, claiming U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner had held talks Sunday with an Iranian leader.

  6. Al-Monitor

    Iran military spokesperson says US is negotiating with itself, state media (opens Al-Monitor)

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    March 25 (Reuters) - The United States is negotiating with itself, an Iranian military spokesman said according to state media on Wednesday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said Tehran wants to make a deal to end the war in the Middle East.

  7. Newsweek

    Iran war updates: Tehran says Trump's claim US wants deal is "fake news" (opens Newsweek)

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    An Iranian military spokesman has mocked a reported 15-point ceasefire plan presented by the U.S.

  8. New York Post

    Iran suspects Trump’s 15-point peace plan is another ruse, claims US is ‘negotiating with itself’: report (opens New York Post)

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    Top military spokesperson Lt. Col. Ebrahim Zolfaghari rubbished any talk of a deal between Washington and Tehran, warning “Someone like us will never come to terms with someone like you,” according to a video shared by the state-run Fars News Agency.

  9. Washington Examiner

    US and Israeli officials insist Iran's speaker is negotiating despite denials (opens Washington Examiner)

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    US and Israeli officials claim that the Iranian speaker of parliament is leading negotiations to end the war, despite his own denials.

  10. CNN

    Iran mocks Trump’s talks claim as US set to deploy troops. Here’s what to know (opens CNN)

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    Iran’s military has mocked the Trump administration’s efforts to strike a deal to end the war, saying the United States is only “negotiating with yourselves.”

  11. Breitbart News

    Iran says 'no negotiations' as US warns to accept 15-point deal (opens Breitbart News)

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    US President Donald Trump is ready to "unleash hell" if Iran does not accept a deal to end the nearly four-week Middle East war, the White House warned

  12. Deutsche Welle

  13. FOX 29 Philadelphia

    Trump says Iran negotiations ongoing as US strikes two-thirds of country's munitions plants (opens FOX 29 Philadelphia)

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    The Trump administration reportedly offered the ceasefire plan to Iran as the U.S. appears to look for an end to the war even as more troops head to the Middle East.

  14. CBS News

    Live Updates: As Trump declares war won, Iran mocks suggestion talks underway, warns against ground invasion (opens CBS News)

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    Trump says the Iran war is already won, but more U.S. forces are heading to the Mideast as Tehran asks U.S. officials if they're "negotiating with yourselves?"

  15. The Guardian

    Trump pitches Iran peace plan but military buildups rarely veer to off-ramp (opens The Guardian)

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    Tehran skeptical of president’s offer – and troop deployments for potential ground operations suggest claim of imminent end to war not credible

  16. Fox26 Houston

    Live updates: Trump tells Iran to ‘get serious’ on negotiations after Tehran dismisses ceasefire proposal (opens Fox26 Houston)

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    Iran and the United States released conflicting statements over the progress of diplomatic efforts to end the war after Iran rejected a U.S. ceasefire proposal.

  17. Al-Monitor

    Trump says Iran 'afraid' to admit it wants a deal (opens Al-Monitor)

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    US President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that Iran was taking part in peace talks, suggesting Tehran's denials were because Iranian negotiators fear being killed by their own side."They are negotiating, by the way, and they want to make a deal so badly.

  18. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    What we know on Day 27 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Talks between the United States and Iran are ongoing – though both sides are describing things very differently. US President Donald Trump claimed Tehran wants to make a deal “so badly,” while Iran stressed that Washington’s desire for a deal is “an admission of defeat.

  19. KVOA Tucson

    The Latest: Trump insists Iran is ‘begging to make a deal’ after Tehran dismisses ceasefire plan (opens KVOA Tucson)

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    A day after Tehran dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s 15-point ceasefire plan, the American leader claimed that Iran was “begging to make a deal,” and that he wasn’t the one

  20. KRDO

    What we know on Day 27 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran: Trump frustrated with Tehran and IRGC navy chief dead (opens KRDO)

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    By Jessie Yeung, Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Talks between the United States and Iran are ongoing – though both sides are describing things very

  21. The Guardian

    Iran rejects US ceasefire plan and submits its own | First Thing (opens The Guardian)

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    Iran’s foreign minister has said Tehran has ‘no intention of negotiating for now’. Plus, the AI users whose lives were wrecked by delusion

  22. WFMZ Allentown

    The Latest: Trump tells Iran to ‘get serious soon’ on negotiations after Tehran rejects ceasefire (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    U.S. President Donald Trump issued a warning to Tehran on social media to “get serious soon” on negotiating a deal to end the war. The post comes a day after

  23. Al-Monitor

    Trump urges Iran to make a deal or US will 'keep blowing them away' (opens Al-Monitor)

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    WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday urged Iran to make a deal to end U.S. and Israeli bombing or face more strikes on their country."They now have the chance, that is Iran, to permanently abandon their nuclear ambitions and to join a new path forward," Trump said duri…

  24. MyNorthwest

    The Latest: Trump says Iran is eager to make deal after Tehran dismisses his ceasefire plan (opens MyNorthwest)

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    U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that a deal to end the Iran war is near, after Tehran dismissed his 15-point ceasefire plan and issued its own

  25. Washington Examiner

    Trump insists Iran wants to make peace deal but is 'afraid to say it' (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Trump said Iranian leaders are afraid to say so because “they figure they'll be killed by their own people.”

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