US President Donald Trump on Monday accused Iran’s leadership of sending contradictory messages over negotiations, claiming Tehran had privately sought talks while publicly denying that discussions were taking place, Anadolu reports. “Iranian Leadership is unbelievably duplicitous!” Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social. “They ask for a meeting, some would say ‘beg,’ talks begin, with more scheduled in the immediate future, and they say, openly and proudly, that they’re not having any discussions, that nothing is being talked about, and they’re only dealing with ‘Oman.’” Trump also dismissed Iran’s assertions that it controls the Strait of Hormuz, saying the strategic waterway was already under US military control. “They then go on to give their usual blather in saying, the Strait […]
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