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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Chrys Brent Deiparine

'There Will Not Be a Strike': Donald Trump Stalls Military Action as Iran Rejects US Surrender Call

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One as tensions between Washington and Tehran continue over the conflict with Iran (Credit: The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

US President Donald Trump has ruled out a strike on Iran for Sunday, 25 October, as Tehran said messages were still being passed to Washington through intermediaries and rejected what it described as a US demand for 'complete surrender.'

Trump made the statement while speaking to reporters before departing Joint Base Andrews. Asked whether he planned to attack Iran, he initially declined to disclose military plans before saying: 'No. There will not be a strike today.'

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