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Trump Demands Iran Surrender as US-Iran Truce Expires

Trump Demands Iran Surrender as US-Iran Truce Expires
World News Live Updates: Trump calls on Iran to surrender; IRGC threatens with ‘maximum deterrence’ · indianexpress.com

The United States and Iran have been fighting for five months.

Earlier this year, the two countries signed a special agreement to try to stop the fighting.

That agreement had a time limit, and it just ran out without anyone making a new one.

The American president, Donald Trump, told Iran to give up and raise a white flag, which is a sign of surrender.

He also said he might bomb a country called Oman if it gets in the way of reopening a very important waterway called the Strait of Hormuz.

The leader of Turkey, Tayyip Erdogan, called Trump and asked him to try talking instead of fighting.

Iran says it has not decided whether to restart talks and may get ready to fight even harder.

Many people are worried about what will happen next.

Key facts

Conflict
Five-month US-Israel conflict with Iran
Memorandum of understanding
Signed at Versailles in June; set a 60-day deadline; expired without renewal
Trump's demand
Iran should 'put up the white flag of surrender'
Strait of Hormuz
Blockaded; Iran and Oman working on a joint arrangement to keep it open to commercial shipping
Oman threat
Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it interferes with reopening the strait
Diplomacy
Erdogan urged Trump to pursue talks and offered Turkey's support
Iran's posture
Senior Iranian official said Tehran would shift to a 'fully offensive' military posture
Iran's FM
Abbas Araghchi said Tehran has not yet decided to restart negotiations

Quotes

Donald Trump

President of the United States

“"Bomb the s*** out of" Oman if it interferes with reopening the Strait of Hormuz."”
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“"Put up the white flag of surrender."”
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