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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ashifa Kassam

UNCOVERED: Trump says iran talking to us and hints at deal to avoid military strikes - Caught on Camera

Iranian lawmakers wearing military uniform sit in rows in the parliamentary chamber
Iranian lawmakers in Revolutionary Guards uniform attend a session of parliament in Tehran on Sunday. Photograph: Islamic Consultative Assembly News Agency Handout/EPA

Donald Trump has said Iran is talking to the US, hinting at a deal that would avoid the use of military strikes, as Iran’s supreme leader warned that any attack by the US would spark a regional war.

The US president’s comments came as Washington deployed a naval battle group led by the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln off Iran’s shores, after Trump’s threats to intervene in Iran’s deadly crackdown on anti-government protests.

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