# Trump demands Iran ‘put up the white flag of surrender’ as US-Iran MoU expires

https://mins.news/en/item/24304

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-17 15:06 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/17/trump-demands-iran-put-up-the-white-flag-of-surrender-as-mou-expires?traffic_source=rss

> US President Donald Trump demanded Iran surrender as a memorandum aimed at ending hostilities expired. He said Washington had opened a direct backchannel with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps but was in no hurry to end the conflict, and threatened to bomb Oman if it obstructed a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

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