U.S. President Calls on Iran to Return to Negotiations

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U.S. President Donald Trump.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Iran to resume negotiations and finalise a deal, telling Fox News that Tehran had already expended its missile arsenal and that further escalation served no purpose.

Iran launched four waves of missiles toward Israel earlier in the day, sending residents into shelters across northern and central Israel after Tehran vowed to retaliate for Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs.

"You fired your missiles, and that's enough," Trump said in remarks to Fox News. "Come back to the negotiating table and make a deal." The president added that the two sides were close to reaching an agreement.

He added that Israel's airstrikes on Beirut earlier in the day were not coordinated with the United States and expressed dissatisfaction with the operation.

In a separate comment to Axios, President Trump said he was going to call Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immediately and tell him not to strike back after Iran launched missiles toward Israel, Axios reported Sunday.

Trump told Axios that the Iranian strikes “didn’t hurt anybody” and said he hoped Israel would not retaliate.



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