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  "id": 12909946,
  "title": "Trump says US will not attack Iran before midterm elections in November",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/trump-says-us-will-not-attack-iran-before-midterm-elections-in-12909946",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T16:46:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/trump-says-us-will-not-attack-iran-midterm-elections-november"
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  "summary": "WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - 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. \"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…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Iran-Krieg: Trump: Keine Angriffe auf Iran bis zu Midterms im November",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/iran-krieg-trump-keine-angriffe-auf-iran-bis-zu-midterms-im-november",
        "published": "2026-10-08T16:40:36.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Business Standard IN",
        "title": "Trump says US will not attack Iran before November midterm elections",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/trump-says-us-will-not-attack-iran-before-november-midterm-elections",
        "published": "2026-10-08T16:48:24.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "Trump says US will not attack Iran before midterm elections in November",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/trump-says-us-will-not-attack-iran-before-midterm-elections-in",
        "published": "2026-10-08T16:52:22.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "US Won't Attack Iran Till November 3 Midterm Polls, Declares Trump",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/us-wont-attack-iran-till-november-3-midterm-polls-declares-trump",
        "published": "2026-10-08T16:58:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "Trump rules out attack on Iran before midterm elections",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/trump-rules-out-attack-on-iran-before-midterm-elections",
        "published": "2026-10-08T17:37:28.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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