Iran Denies Peace Talks After the United States Cancels Military Strikes

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at rumors of U.S.-Iran peace talks, Red Cross access to Myanmar’s imprisoned former leader, and a dangerous heat wave on the Korean Peninsula. ‘Unbelievably Duplicitous’ Iran has denied it is engaging in direct talks with the United States to end months of war—a day after U.S. President Donald Trump called off plans for a massive military strike and said a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz was imminent. Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at rumors of U.S.-Iran peace talks, Red Cross access to Myanmar’s imprisoned former leader, and a dangerous heat wave on the Korean Peninsula. ‘Unbelievably Duplicitous’ Iran has denied it is engaging in direct talks with the United States to end months of war—a day after U.S. President Donal