Live updates: US and Iran ramp up threats as strikes escalate, straining fragile truce | CNN: key context
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- The confirmed context is: US President Donald Trump warns Iran ‘will no longer exist’ if strikes continue, while Tehran threatens to halt negotiations. The US will continue to target Iranian military infrastructure if Tehran threatens shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said today. "If the Iranian regime thinks for a second that President (Donald) Trump is going to sit by, stand by, while Iran continues to attack international shipping without a response, or our bases without a response, they’re sadly mistaken," Waltz said on "Fox News Sunday
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- The confirmed context is: US President Donald Trump warns Iran ‘will no longer exist’ if strikes continue, while Tehran threatens to halt negotiations. The US will continue to target Iranian military infrastructure if Tehran threatens shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said today. "If the Iranian regime thinks for a second that President (Donald) Trump is going to sit by, stand by, while Iran continues to attack international shipping without a response, or our bases without a response, they’re sadly mistaken," Waltz said on "Fox News Sunday
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US President Donald Trump warns Iran ‘will no longer exist’ if strikes continue, while Tehran threatens to halt negotiations. The US will continue to target Iranian military infrastructure if Tehran threatens shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said today. "If the Iranian regime thinks for a second that President (Donald) Trump is going to sit by, stand by, while Iran continues to attack international shipping without a response, or our bases without a response, they’re sadly mistaken," Waltz said on "Fox News Sunday
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Bing News en — Live updates: US and Iran ramp up threats as strikes escalate, straining fragile truce | CNN: US President Donald Trump warns Iran ‘will no longer exist’ if strikes continue, while Tehran threatens to halt negotiations. The US will continue to target Iranian military infrastructure if Tehran threatens shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said today. "If the Iranian regime thinks for a second that President (Donald) Trump is going to sit by, stand by, while Iran continues to attack international shipping without a response, or our bases without a response, they’re sadly mistaken," Waltz said on "Fox News Sunday
Bing News en — Iran threatens to halt peace negotiations if US continues strikes: and Iran exchanged fire this weekend, despite an interim agreement aimed at ending the war while negotiations continue. Iran threatened to halt peace negotiations if the United States continues its attacks, as President Donald Trump floated the possibility of ramping up military action. Both sides exchanged fire this weekend and accused each other of violating the ceasefire, testing a fragile interim agreement that aims to end the war while talks continue on the future of Tehran's nuclear program and long-term management of the Strait of Hormuz, among other issues. Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said it launched drone and missile attacks targeting Bahrain and Kuwait on Sunday
Bing News en — Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they hit US targets in Kuwait, Bahrain: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had attacked targets in the US-allied Gulf states of Kuwait and Bahrain. In a statement carried by its Sepah News Telegram channel, the IRGC sai Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had attacked targets in the US-allied Gulf states of Kuwait and Bahrain. In a statement carried by it In a statement carried by its Sepah News Telegram channel, the IRGC said its navy and air force had jointly launched missile and drone strikes in the early hours of Sunday, destroying eight key US military infrastructure targets in the two countries. The claims could not initially be independently verified
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Live updates: US and Iran ramp up threats as strikes escalate, straining fragile truce | CNN
US President Donald Trump warns Iran ‘will no longer exist’ if strikes continue, while Tehran threatens to halt negotiations.
SourceIran threatens to halt peace negotiations if US continues strikes
and Iran exchanged fire this weekend, despite an interim agreement aimed at ending the war while negotiations continue.
SourceIran's Revolutionary Guards say they hit US targets in Kuwait, Bahrain
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had attacked targets in the US-allied Gulf states of Kuwait and Bahrain.
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- Live updates: US and Iran ramp up threats as strikes escalate, straining fragile truce | CNN · Bing News en
US President Donald Trump warns Iran ‘will no longer exist’ if strikes continue, while Tehran threatens to halt negotiations. The US will continue to target Iranian military infrastructure if Tehran threatens shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said today. "If the Iranian regime thinks for a second that President (Donald) Trump is going to sit by, stand by, while Iran continues to attack international shipping without a response, or our bases without a response, they’re sadly mistaken," Waltz said on "Fox News Sunday
- Iran threatens to halt peace negotiations if US continues strikes · Bing News en
and Iran exchanged fire this weekend, despite an interim agreement aimed at ending the war while negotiations continue. Iran threatened to halt peace negotiations if the United States continues its attacks, as President Donald Trump floated the possibility of ramping up military action. Both sides exchanged fire this weekend and accused each other of violating the ceasefire, testing a fragile interim agreement that aims to end the war while talks continue on the future of Tehran's nuclear program and long-term management of the Strait of Hormuz, among other issues. Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said it launched drone and missile attacks targeting Bahrain and Kuwait on Sunday
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they hit US targets in Kuwait, Bahrain · Bing News en
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had attacked targets in the US-allied Gulf states of Kuwait and Bahrain. In a statement carried by its Sepah News Telegram channel, the IRGC sai Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had attacked targets in the US-allied Gulf states of Kuwait and Bahrain. In a statement carried by it In a statement carried by its Sepah News Telegram channel, the IRGC said its navy and air force had jointly launched missile and drone strikes in the early hours of Sunday, destroying eight key US military infrastructure targets in the two countries. The claims could not initially be independently verified
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