Live: Trump says new talks with Iran to begin Monday after calling off strikes
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By: FRANCE 24 President Donald Trump said the United States and Israel had agreed to hold off on any new strikes on Iran as long as a deal was quickly reached © Aaron Schwartz, AFP US President Donald Trump said that negotiations with Iran will begin Monday after he decided to hold off on new strikes against the Islamic republic to pursue a deal. Read our live blog to see how events unfolded.
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off from a fresh attack on Iran, in order to reach a quick deal that would halt Tehran's nuclear ambitions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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US President Donald Trump said that negotiations with Iran will begin Monday after he decided to hold off on new strikes against the Islamic republic to pursue a deal.
"Obviously, they don't want to be attacked. They knew the extent of the attack because they saw it forming," Trump told reporters on Sunday aboard Air Force One. "Now what we're doing is we're talking to them in the form of a negotiation. It begins tomorrow afternoon."
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