Trump extends deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social website Monday ...
Iran says Trump is lying
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What we do and don't know about US-Iran talks
www.reuters.com
... Trump says the U.S. has been holding talks with Iran.
He said his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and close aide and son-in-law Jared Kushner talked to the Iranians on Sunday and that discussions would continue on Monday.
He declined to say who the United States was speaking with in Iran but said it was not Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. Trump said Iran "had some leaders left."
"We're dealing with the man who I believe is the most respected and the leader," Trump said.
An Israeli official and a source familiar with the matter both said the U.S. was holding negotiations with the speaker of Iran's parliament, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf.
Egypt, Pakistan and Gulf states have been relaying messages between Washington and Tehran, a European official told Reuters, describing the contacts as part of efforts to open communication between the warring parties rather than formal mediation.
Iran's foreign ministry said there were "initiatives" to reduce tensions, the Mehr news agency reported, adding that Tehran wanted Washington, as the party that began the war, to be a direct participant.
Iran's Fars news agency, citing a source, said there were no direct or indirect communications with the United States. ...
Why did Dummkopf Trumpf TACO (again)?
Because the morbidly obese geriatric racist silver-spooned draft-dodging golf cheating goniff got the signal from his handlers in the Kremlin, that's why.
Source: english.news.cn
Sorry, Bibi and AIPAC, your puptn in the White House serves another master besides you, fellow ICC-indicted war criminal Vladimir Putin.
One doesn't have to be a Columbo or a Robert Oppenheimer to understand this non-enigma.
Pentagon to order 3,000 82nd airborne soldiers to Middle East
www.aa.com.tr
... The Pentagon is planning to deploy a brigade combat team from the US Army's elite 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East to support operations against Iran, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday.
Citing two US officials, the WSJ said a written order to deploy the unit, made up of roughly 3,000 soldiers, is expected in the coming hours.
The Pentagon did not provide additional information when asked by Anadolu on Monday about media reports that have suggested elements of the US Army, including units associated with the 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, beginning deployments to the Middle East. ...
Trump OKs deployment of more than 1,000 soldiers to Middle East, sources say
www.nbcnews.com
... President Trump has approved the deployment of more than 1,000 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
The deployment was approved last night and the orders are being written today for the headquarters, staff and some ground forces, but not the full brigade, the sources added.
The full brigade is over 3,000 troops, while this deployment will be fewer than half that " under 1,500 soldiers. They have not left the U.S. yet but could be sent overseas in the coming days.
The 82nd Airborne is an infantry division specializing in parachute assault. ...
*** The Intercept Reports That HQ Elements of the 82nd Airborne Division Enroute to Middle East ***
"Maj. Gen. Brandon Tegtmeier, the chief of the 82nd Airborne Division, and his headquarters staff have been ordered to the Middle East as the War Department awaits a White House decision about the deployment of the unit to the Middle East for possible ground operations in Iran."
Source: theintercept.com
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