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Iran denies Trump claims of imminent peace talks
President Trump claimed that U.S.-Iran peace negotiations were beginning or imminent following the cancellation of a U.S. military attack, but Iran's government denied these assertions and stated there are no ongoing or planned negotiations with the United States.
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- US-Iran diplomatic efforts collapse
- Trump accuses Iranian leadership of being ‘duplicitous’
- Trump rips ‘unbelievably duplicitous’ Iran for denying peace talks after he scrapped weekend strike plans
- Iran 'calls Trump's bluff' as it denies negotiating with the US
- Iran says no talks underway or meeting plans with U.S. after Trump calls off attacks on Tehran
- Iran denies talks with US as Trump halts strikes at the last minute
- Iran denies talks with US as Trump halts strikes at the last minute
- Iran denies Trump claim new peace talks planned after US calls off attack
- Iran denies Trump claim that U.S-Iran negotiations begin today
- Iran denies Trump claim that U.S-Iran negotiations begin today
- Iran denies Trump's claim of peace talks and says there are NO negotiations with US