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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ashifa Kassam

Trump says Iran talking to US and hints at deal to avoid military strikes

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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