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Iran Holds Third Day of Doha Talks as Trump Says US in No Hurry for a Deal
Read this in the Market Flux appIranian negotiators convened in Doha on Sunday for a third consecutive day of talks with Qatari mediators, seeking a diplomatic resolution to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The discussions are being driven by fears that American-led strikes could resume after the November 3 midterm elections, which President Trump has used as a de facto pause on new military action.
Speaking from Florida on Sunday, Trump struck a confident but unhurried tone, saying the United States was in no hurry to strike a deal with Iran. He claimed the U.S. had already knocked out Iran's navy and air force and said one or two remaining sites, specifically alluding to what he called Pickaxe Mountain, could be destroyed "in ten minutes."
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said negotiations with the Qatari mediator were ongoing and advancing but that no definitive conclusion had been reached. He said the final outcome depended on the response Iran would receive from the American side, adding that Iran was making every effort and hoped "there is enough rationality on the other side to prefer diplomacy over other paths." The Iranian delegation had no plans to hold a direct meeting with U.S. officials during its Doha visit. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei separately ordered the armed forces to be prepared to respond to any new attacks.
The diplomatic activity is unfolding days before Tuesday's midterm elections, where prediction markets have placed the probability of a Democratic sweep at 70 to 72 percent, a divided Congress at 23 to 26 percent, and a Republican sweep at just 5 to 7 percent. Democrats are given better than 90 percent odds of winning the House. A Democratic sweep would significantly constrain Trump's legislative agenda and raise the risk of political gridlock. Trump's net approval rating remains near a record low heading into Election Day.
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- StaunovoIranian negotiators are in Doha for a third consecutive day of talks with Qatari mediators aimed at pushing for a deal to end the US-Israeli war on Iran, an official briefed on the talks says.
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- MarketsdayUS President Donald Trump said that Washington was in no hurry to strike a deal with Iran. Speaking from Florida, he said: "We've knocked out their Navy. We've knocked out their Air Force." Trump did however add: “We still have to take care of, I would say, one or two sites. But we can do that in ten minutes. Ten minutes. So we have that plan. You probably could look at Pickaxe Mountain and you'd have to take care of that. We can do that all very quickly." #trump #iran #unitedstates #nuclear
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- FinancialjuiceIran's state media citing Foreign Minister Aragchi on talks with Qatari mediators: hope for rationality from other side
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- FirstSquawkIran's state media citing Foreign Minister Aragchi on talks with Qatari mediators: hope for rationality from other side
- ChoukeirJIranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said consultations with mediators over a two-day plan were ongoing but had yet to reach a final outcome, which depended on the U.S. response to Iranian questions. “We are making every effort in this direction and hope that there is enough rationality on the other side to prefer diplomacy over other paths,” he said.
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- Vali_NasrIran's rhetoric on the war has hardened considerably over the past two days. From Mojtabai Khamenei to Rezaie, to senior have all said that if war resumes Iran will react with massive, disproportionate and unrestricted retaliation. This shows that Iran thinks that despite the last minute diplomatic activity war is becoming more likely, and its threats are aimed at deterring war or at least the more massive war plan options Trump is looking at. Iran's hardened rhetoric is not because diplomacy is succeeding but because likely it is not.
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