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President Trump has backed down from his threat to wipe out Iran's civilization and bomb its power plants by Tuesday night. Online, he said he agreed to suspend the bombing of Iran for two weeks.
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The president's violent rhetoric risks damaging his credibility as a negotiator and the country's standing in the world.
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The near closure of the Strait of Hormuz since the war began has led to a historic oil supply shock, which quickly sent global energy prices soaring.
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President Trump, in vowing to systematically destroy civilian infrastructure and annihilate Iran's entire civilization, appears to be creating evidence about his intentions.
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President Trump had been under increasing pressure to find a way out after he threatened to wipe out Iran's civilization on Tuesday night unless Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz.
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President Trump announced the deal hours after threatening that a "whole civilization will die tonight" if Iran did not allow commercial vessels to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
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The Chicago-born pope suggested fellow Americans call their congressional representatives and ask for peace, not war.
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President Trump announced a two-week pause on Iran strikes if the country agrees to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump had earlier threatened to wipe out the country's infrastructure, saying "a whole civilization will die tonight," if no deal was reached.
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Pope Leo XIV says that U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to destroy Iranian civilization is "truly unacceptable" and that any attacks on civilian infrastructure violate international law
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