Iranian officials deny Trump's claims that Iran, Gulf leaders asked Iran to halt strikes – report
The officials called Trump's statements a desperate attempt to blackmail Gulf state rulers and pressure them with threats.
Iranian military officials have denied claims made by US President Donald Trump that Iran, along with other Gulf leaders, requested a halt to potential US attacks. According to the IRGC-affiliated Mehr News Agency, Iranian officials dismissed Trump's statements as a "desperate attempt to blackmail Gulf state rulers and pressure them with threats." They asserted that Iranian forces are at their highest level of readiness. Trump had posted on Truth Social that the US was "locked and loaded and ready to go against the Islamic Republic of Iran," but claimed that Iran and other Middle Eastern countries had asked to "hold off any attack in that the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to."
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