# Trump confirms IRGC backchannel, calls on Iran to raise ‘white flag of surrender’

https://mins.news/en/item/24139

- Fox News, 2026-08-17 12:10 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-confirms-irgc-backchannel-calls-irans-white-flag-surrender

> President Donald Trump confirmed that U.S. officials are communicating with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps through a backchannel as the 60-day ceasefire deadline expires. He demanded that Iran abandon any nuclear weapon ambitions and said it should raise a “white flag of surrender,” while threatening to bomb Oman if it obstructs the talks.

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