{
  "id": 1504870,
  "title": "Trump says Iran should surrender, threatens to bomb Oman",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/trump-says-iran-should-surrender-threatens-to-bomb-oman",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T14:46:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/08/trump-says-iran-should-surrender-threatens-bomb-oman"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran should surrender to end a war with the U.S. as talks between the countries remained stalled. \"They should put up the white flag of surrender,\" Trump told a Fox News reporter during a phone interview. An interim deal agreed to in June declared an \"immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Island Sri Lanka",
        "title": "Trump says Iran should wave ‘white flag’ amid tense deadlock",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/trump-says-iran-should-wave-white-flag-amid-tense-deadlock",
        "published": "2026-08-17T15:40:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "National Post",
        "title": "Trump says U.S. will bomb Oman if it ‘gets in the way’ over Iran war",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/trump-says-u-s-will-bomb-oman-if-it-gets-in-the-way-over-iran-war",
        "published": "2026-08-17T16:29:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Jon Ossoff calls Trump’s handling of Iran war ‘uniquely despicable’ in excoriating speech",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/jon-ossoff-calls-trumps-handling-of-iran-war-uniquely-despicable-in",
        "published": "2026-08-17T16:31:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Trump threatens Oman over Strait of Hormuz as U.S.-Iran negotiation period expires",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/trump-threatens-oman-over-strait-of-hormuz-as-u-s-iran-negotiation",
        "published": "2026-08-17T16:52:14.000Z"
      }
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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."
}