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TODAY'S IRAN WAR story - Trump and Iranian president sign 60-day truce - What happenedPresident Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding to open the Strait of Hormuz, allow Iran to sell oil on the global market and start unfreezing its assets. The deal also kicked off 60 days of negotiations on Tehran's nuclear p...

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