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No end to deadlock as Iran, US reject talks terms

Iran said Monday it had demanded the release of its frozen assets and the end of a US blockade of its ports, after President Donald Trump angrily rejected Tehran's terms for ending the Middle East war. The sharp exchange of messages raised the spectre of a return to open

Trump’s Pirate Pretensions Reveal an Ugly Truth

Back on May 1, at an event in West Palm Beach, President Donald Trump quipped that the U.S. Navy was acting “ like pirates ” while seizing ships as part of the ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. “We took over the ship, we took over the cargo, we took over the oil. It’s a