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WASHINGTON HELD PRODUCTIVE TALKS WITH TEHRAN

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SOURCE: Reuters

10/08/2026

19:06

WASHINGTON HELD PRODUCTIVE TALKS WITH TEHRAN
Photo: Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP

WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 8 /SRNA-Reuters/ - US President Donald Trump said today that the United States had held productive talks with Iran and would not launch an attack on the country before the congressional elections in November.

"We have had productive talks with Iran. The US blockade of Iranian ports will remain in place, and oil is passing through the Strait of Hormuz," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

US congressional elections are scheduled for November 3.