US has changed tactics regarding Iran, halted negotiations — CNN

TASS · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 19, 2026 · 194 words

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President Donald Trump has reportedly instructed US officials to halt negotiations with Iran due to dissatisfaction with Tehran's response to his demands. The report, citing CNN, indicates a shift in strategy toward long-term pressure rather than immediate negotiation.

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Topics 2

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What happened

President of the United States Donald Trump has instructed US administration officials to halt negotiations with Iran, CNN reported, citing a US official.

Why it matters

Washington has notified its political allies of a shift in strategy - going from "hammer Iran ASAP" to "strangle them" over time, according to the report.

Common ground

While Trump previously repeatedly claimed that negotiations were going well and that a new deal was imminent, the American leader now speaks of a lack of any diplomatic efforts in this area, CNN noted.

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Claim 1: “Washington has notified its political allies of a shift in strategy - going from "hammer Iran ASAP" to "strangle them" over time”

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Web search results explicitly mention the shift in strategy from 'Hammer ASAP' to 'Long-Term Strangulation Pressure' as a new military-political tactic ordered by Trump.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after US–Israeli airstrikes killed several Iranian officials, including S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Relations between Iran and the United States began in the mid-19th century, when Iran was known to the Western world as Qajar Persia. While Persia was the object of British and Russian colonial intere…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–United_States_relations

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Islamabad Memorandum, officially the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran, was a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamabad_Memorandum

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Claim 2: “President of the United States Donald Trump has instructed US administration officials to halt negotiations with Iran”

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Multiple independent web sources report that President Trump instructed officials to suspend or halt negotiations with Iran, emphasizing that 'time is on our side'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2025 and 2026, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Ali…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On July 9, 2026, The Wall Street Journal published a report based on intelligence provided by Israel indicating that Iran planned to assassinate United States President Donald Trump in Ankara, Turkey.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_alleged_Iranian_plot_to_a…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There have been multiple alleged Iranian attempts to assassinate United States president Donald Trump. U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies have tracked evidence for years of Iranian efforts…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleged_Iranian_attempts_to_as…

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Claim 3: “Trump has instructed his negotiating team, which includes his son-in-law Jared Kushner, Vice President JD Vance, and special envoy Steve Witkoff, not to engage with Tehran”

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Two independent news sources (Anadolu Ajansı and News18) specifically name JD Vance, Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner as the negotiating team instructed by Trump to stop engaging with Tehran.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Charles Kushner (born May 16, 1954) is an American real estate developer, diplomat, and former attorney serving since 2025 as the United States ambassador to France and Monaco. He founded Kushner Comp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jared Corey Kushner (born January 10, 1981) is an American businessman, investor, government official and politician. Through his marriage to Ivanka Trump, he is the son-in-law of the 45th and 47th pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner

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Claim 4: “Trump previously wrote on the social network Truth Social that the US is not currently holding, nor planning negotiations with Iran”

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Multiple web sources confirm that Donald Trump stated (via Truth Social and other channels) that no negotiations with Iran are currently underway or planned.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's use of social media attracted attention worldwide since he joined Twitter in March 2009. Over nearly twelve years, Trump tweeted around 57,000 times, including about 8,000 times during …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media_use_by_Donald_Tru…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (TMTG) is an American media and technology company headquartered in Sarasota, Florida. It runs the Truth Social social-media platform and is majority-owned by the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Media_&_Technology_Group

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Truth Social is an American alt-tech social media platform owned by Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), an American company majority-owned by US president Donald Trump. It has been called a "Twitte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Social

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