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Iran Says No Current Talks With U.S. After Trump Cites Progress on the Strait of Hormuz

President Trump cited progress in the negotiations when canceling a threatened attack on Iran over the weekend. Iran said there were no current talks with the United States.

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Ships in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Monday.
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Trump Says He Canceled Strikes on Iran, Claiming Progress on Outlines of a Deal

President Trump has repeatedly threatened to escalate the war with Iran, only to abruptly back down. Saudi Arabia said its leader had urged Mr. Trump not to renew attacks.

© Pete Marovich for The New York Times

President Trump disembarks from Air Force One at the airport in Morristown, N.J., on Friday.
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Iran Plotted Wider War With Help of Its Proxies

During a fleeting truce, Iranians covertly devised a plan to raise the war’s costs for President Trump if U.S. forces attacked anew.

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Mourners on Wednesday carried a coffin draped in the Iranian flag during a funeral for those killed in airstrikes on bases belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces in Mosul, Iraq.
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