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From the Liveblog of
Monday, July 22, 2019
From the Liveblog of
Monday, July 22, 2019
Trump says ‘getting harder’ to want a deal with Iran
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump says it is becoming more difficult for him to think about negotiating with Iran, following a series of incidents that have sent tensions with the Islamic republic soaring.
“It’s getting harder for me to want to make a deal with Iran,” Trump tells reporters at the White House, hours after Tehran announced it arrested 17 people it said were part of a CIA spy ring.
Trump dismisses that claim as “totally false,” and said late last week that a US Navy ship had destroyed an Iranian drone, an assertion rejected by Iran.
— AFP
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (L) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on July 22, 2019. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP)
