{"id":840375,"date":"2026-08-02T19:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T19:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/840375\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T19:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T19:20:10","slug":"us-politics-live-iran-furious-over-donald-trumps-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/840375\/","title":{"rendered":"US politics live: Iran furious over Donald Trump\u2019s claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our live coverage of US politics and the Middle East conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Officials in Iran have reportedly been left fuming after US President Donald Trump claimed the country asked him to hold off on fresh strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Mehr news agency on Sunday denied Mr Trump\u2019s claim. Citing military officials, the agency said the allegation \u201cwas nothing but a new lie\u201d and that the Iranian armed forces were \u201con high alert and ready for any eventuality\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday local time, Mr Trump said the US was \u201cready to go against the Islamic republic\u201d but that Tehran and other Middle Eastern countries had asked him to hold off on new attacks.<\/p>\n<p>He said he had made the decision, subject to reaching a deal with Iran. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis would include the Immediate, Complete and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran\u2019s nuclear threat,\u201d wrote Trump in a Truth Social post.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/content.api.news\/v3\/images\/bin\/2955658461e56def0dc9890e3ede4507\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"US continues to unleash overnight attacks across Iran\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned Iran is ready to respond in a \u201cpowerful\u201d way if there is any further \u201caggression\u201d from the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Araghchi\u2019s warning was published on his Telegram channel following separate calls with regional counterparts including Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Pakistani Field Marshal Asim Munir on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Mr Trump had seriously considered attacking Iranian energy targets in response to Iran\u2019s missile strike on a US base in Jordan and its continued disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. However, he later \u201ccancelled\u201d the widely-anticipated attack.<\/p>\n<p>Iran and the US have been at war since February 28. A period of calm followed a ceasefire, though that collapsed with a return of strikes. <\/p>\n<p>Read below for live updates<\/p>\n<p>Read related topics:<a class=\"topic_tag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/topics\/donald-trump\" data-tgev-container=\"story-topic-links\" data-tgev-label=\"Donald Trump\" data-tgev-order=\"1\" data-tgev-metric=\"npv\" data-tgev=\"event10\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to our live coverage of US politics and the Middle East conflict. 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