By Steve Holland, Elwely Elwelly and Parisa HafeziABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/DUBAI, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday there were no talks under way with the United States and no plans for any meetings, contradicting U.S. President Donald Trump who had cited talks he said would take place that afternoon as justification for calling off attacks.Over the weekend Trump repeated a pattern that has emerged throughout the past five months: announcing plans for "massive attacks" on Iran, only to cancel them at the last minute.

The president cited progress towards a deal that would open the Strait of Hormuz.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — President Donald Trump said late Saturday that he would halt new planned attacks on Iran pending renewed talks to wind down the war and revive

Iran says talks with Oman focused on a proposed new shipping route rather than reopening the strait