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President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States and Iran had agreed to continue talks despite a recent escalation of hostilities.
The ceasefire signed last month came under serious strain in recent days as U.S. and Iranian forces exchanged attacks for consecutive days this week.
The Donald Trump administration took an unusual route in its efforts to end the war with Iran, turning to Iraq’s Kurdistan President Nechirvan Barzani as a backchannel to the powerful and raging Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) after long-running Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death in American-Israeli strikes,
Trump said talks will restart on Monday after he called off strikes on Iran, but a pattern of on again, off again fighting casts doubt on progress toward a lasting peace.
Trump on Truth Social accused Iran's leaders of lying about peace talks, which he said are underway "whether Iran wants to admit it or not."
The deal stopping hostilities is over “in no uncertain terms,” Trump said Friday.
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