US President Trump: I have not reached out to Iran for "Peace Talks" in any way

Dhwani Mehta FXStreet

In the latest post on his social media platform on Tuesday, Truth Social, US President Donald Trump said: "I have not reached out to Iran for “Peace Talks” in any way, shape, or form. This is just more HIGHLY FABRICATED, FAKE NEWS! If they want to talk, they know how to reach me. They should have taken the deal that was on the table - Would have saved a lot of lives!!!"

US Dollar PRICE Last 7 days

The table below shows the percentage change of US Dollar (USD) against listed major currencies last 7 days. US Dollar was the strongest against the Japanese Yen.

	USD	EUR	GBP	JPY	CAD	AUD	NZD	CHF
USD		-1.21%	-0.03%	0.13%	-1.02%	-0.26%	-0.36%	-1.15%
EUR	1.21%		1.20%	1.32%	0.22%	0.97%	0.87%	0.09%
GBP	0.03%	-1.20%		0.08%	-0.97%	-0.22%	-0.33%	-1.10%
JPY	-0.13%	-1.32%	-0.08%		-1.12%	-0.42%	-0.53%	-1.35%
CAD	1.02%	-0.22%	0.97%	1.12%		0.75%	0.64%	-0.13%
AUD	0.26%	-0.97%	0.22%	0.42%	-0.75%		-0.09%	-0.88%
NZD	0.36%	-0.87%	0.33%	0.53%	-0.64%	0.09%		-0.77%
CHF	1.15%	-0.09%	1.10%	1.35%	0.13%	0.88%	0.77%

The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the US Dollar from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the Japanese Yen, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent USD (base)/JPY (quote).

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Dhwani Mehta

FXStreet

Residing in Mumbai (India), Dhwani is a Senior Analyst and Manager of the Asian session at FXStreet. She has over 10 years of experience in analyzing and covering the global financial markets, with specialization in Forex and commodities markets.

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