US President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States is having productive discussions

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States is having productive discussions

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States is having productive discussions with Iran and will not launch an attack on the country before US midterm congressional elections in November.

Earlier reporting noted: US President Donald Trump said the United States will not attack Iran before the country’s midterm elections on November 3, while indicating that Washington is engaged in talks with Tehran.

“We are having productive discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. He said the US blockade of Iranian ports remains in effect and that oil is flowing through the Strait of Hormuz. “We will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the Midterm Elections to be held in the United States on November 3rd,” Trump said. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) Earlier reporting noted: ‘Having productive discussions with Iran’: Trump rules out strikes before US midterms Donald Trump said the United States was holding “productive discussions with Islamic Republic of Iran”. Earlier reporting noted: “We will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to midterm elections to be held in United States on November 3rd,” Trump said.