Trump Sets Three-Week Iran War Exit as Peace Talks Unfold Amid Deployments

Trump announced he expected the Iran war to be over in two to three weeks.

“These catalysts could bump bitcoin as Trump hands three-week target to end Iran war Asian stocks surged 4% and S&P 500 futures jumped after Trump said the conflict could conclude without a deal with Tehran, while Morgan Stanley's newly approved bitcoin ETF at 14 basis points opens a $6”

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American military deployments continued, with forces from the 82nd Airborne Division sent to the region.

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The White House framed the move as shifting toward reinstating diplomacy.

The United States and Iran engaged in indirect talks brokered by Pakistan.

Iran's Foreign Ministry denied direct negotiations and called US demands excessive, unrealistic, and largely unreasonable.

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Asian stocks surged 4% and S&P 500 futures jumped.

“• Renewed NATO criticism: President Donald Trump suggested in an interview with a British newspaper that the US is considering leaving NATO over what he cast as its lackluster military support for the Iran war”

CNN

Oil prices pared losses as the UAE reportedly prepares to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz by force.

Bitcoin traded at $67,950, up 0.2%.

Trump warned that if there was no deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz destruction would follow.

He threatened to seize Iranian oil and destroy infrastructure.

CNN Arabic

Iranian Foreign Ministry called Trump a war criminal.