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Trump says he does not know if Iran is going to 'give up yet'

Trump said Iran was doing very poorly as U.S. and Iranian officials pursued indirect talks over the Strait of Hormuz, mediators said.

  • President Donald Trump said he does not know whether Iran will “give up yet,” but predicted that it eventually will and said Iran is doing “very poorly.”
  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said indirect talks with the United States have become “more serious” and focus on reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
  • Mediators from Qatar and Pakistan are working with Iran and the United States on a possible deal to end the fighting and reopen the strait.
  • Iran’s currency fell below 2.5 million rials per US dollar, while rising oil prices and the blocked strait have increased economic and political pressure.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday that his North Korean pair, Kim Jong Un, may have a nuclear weapon unlike Iran, because “it’s my friend... I’m probably the only person in the world he likes,” CBS News reported. He stressed that Kim “has a great atomic arsenal, quite large” because his predecessors in the White House allowed it. The tycoon stressed that “while I’m around, he’ll be fine. You know why? Because he respects me and he likes…

·Mexico
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Donald Trump minimized concerns about North Korea's nuclear arsenal and again brought into discussion his personal relationship with Kim Jong Un. The American President was asked why Iran should not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons, under conditions where the Phenian already owns such an arsenal. Trump responded by invoking including the period of Joe Biden's administration and claiming that the situation could be stopped earlier. He then i…

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The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has removed iron from North Korea’s nuclear program and stressed that the leader of the Asian country, Kim Jong Un, is “his friend,” before ensuring that the situation “will be fine” as long as he occupies the White House, in the face of tensions on the Korean peninsula and Seoul’s denunciations of Pyongyang’s arms development. “He’s my friend, Kim Jong Un, he’s my friend. He likes Trump, and he …

·Madrid, Spain
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President Donald Trump said Tuesday he doesn't know if Iran will “surrender soon,” but described the country's situation as “very weak” in its war with the U.S.” “I don't know if they will be handed over soon, but they will be handed over,” Trump told reporters, according to foreign media. They are doing very badly,” he added.A US blockade has cut off Iran's main source of income -- oil exports -- and the economic costs of war have made life mor…

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The US President stated that the reason for not opposing North Korea's nuclear program was his personal relationship with the country's leader.

·Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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Reuters broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
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