{"id":222800,"date":"2026-09-02T03:56:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T03:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-confirms-irgc-backchannel-but-calls-for-irans-white-flag-of-surrender-fox-news\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T03:56:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T03:56:18","slug":"trump-confirms-irgc-backchannel-but-calls-for-irans-white-flag-of-surrender-fox-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-confirms-irgc-backchannel-but-calls-for-irans-white-flag-of-surrender-fox-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump confirms IRGC backchannel, but calls for Iran's 'white flag of surrender' – Fox News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ceasefire negotiations reach a critical deadline marking the official end of the U.S.-Iran agreement. Chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst reports from Tel Aviv on escalating geopolitical tensions in the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump warns Iran to surrender, asserting the country should ‘put up the white flag.’
The 60-day ceasefire deadline is expiring Monday, but President Donald Trump’s resolve on ending Iran’s nuclear weapons<\/a> aspirations is not, he told Fox News on Monday morning, where he confirmed there is a backchannel for peace talks with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
“They should put up the white flag of surrender,” Trump said in a phone interview, confirming reports of the IRGC backchannel talks that bypass mediators and Iranian political officials.
While the 60-day ceasefire expires Monday, Trump said there is still time for peace and Iran’s relenting to Trump’s primary demand: “The number one Goal is, and always will be, that Iran cannot have, in any way, shape, or form, a Nuclear Weapon,” as he wrote on Truth Social around the time of the exclusive call with Fox News’ Trey Yingst.
TRUMP SEEKS $672M TO STOP IRANIAN NUKES AS NEGOTIATORS WEIGH FATE OF URANIUM STOCKPILE<\/strong><\/a>
President Donald Trump gave an exclusive interview to Fox News’ Trey Yingst on Monday morning, confirming reports of the backchannel with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps amid fractured Iranian political leadership.<\/span> (Jabin Botsford\/The Washington Post)<\/span>
“I have no time schedule,” Trump told Yingst. “I’m not in a hurry.”
While Trump has long lamented reaching peace with a fractured Iranian regime that has had multiple levels of leadership killed in past strikes, he confirmed U.S. officials are communicating directly through a backchannel with IRGC officials<\/a>.
“They\u2019re good poker players, but they\u2019re dying,” Trump said.
While speculation swirls Iran is engaging in its decades-long strategy of running out the political clock on Trump<\/a>, before the midterms, if not 2028, Trump rejected the suggestion that politics is guiding his military strategy as commander in chief.
TRUMP REVEALS THE LINE IRAN HAS TO CROSS FOR US TO RESTART OFFENSIVE MILITARY CAMPAIGN<\/strong><\/a>
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long maintained a strong relationship with President Donald Trump, who stopped short of saying he will get his endorsement in his bid for reelection in Israel.<\/span> (Getty Images)<\/span>
“Midterms have nothing to do with my thinking,” he told Yingst.
Trump also issued an extraordinary warning to Oman<\/a> when asked about the Gulf nation\u2019s role in talks involving Iran.
“If Oman gets in the way, we\u2019ll bomb the s— out of them,” Trump said.
The president then turned to Israel<\/a>, where he said he believes it would be most appropriate for him to remain on the sidelines of the country\u2019s elections \u2014 while simultaneously leaving open the possibility that he could back a candidate.
NETANYAHU’S ISRAEL GRAPPLES WITH TRUMP-IRAN DEAL AS DETAILS REMAIN UNCLEAR<\/strong><\/a>
“I think it\u2019s most appropriate for me to stay out of Israeli elections, but I may endorse somebody,” Trump said.
Trump also said Israel should not be carrying out strikes in Gaza, as efforts continue to advance the next phase of a plan that would include the disarmament of Hamas<\/a>.
“We have our own relationship with Hamas,” Trump said. “They are giving up their guns.”
Despite Israel’s rejection of trusting the Hamas terrorist group, Trump suggested he could work peace both with a disarming Hamas and Israel.
NETANYAHU REJECTS BOARD OF PEACE’S GAZA PLAN: NO ‘WITHDRAWAL UNTIL HAMAS IS GENUINELY DISARMED’<\/strong><\/a>
“They fight well with us,” Trump reiterated to Yingst.
Trump also pushed back on concerns over the strain the conflict might be placing on U.S. weapons stockpiles<\/a>, playing down the amount of American firepower used so far.
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“What we\u2019ve used is peanuts,” Trump said. “We have a lot of mid-level weapons.”
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