President Donald Trump has threatened to intervene in the Middle Eastern nation amid a violent crackdown on anti-government demonstrations.

Iran says it is ready to hold discussions with the US after President Donald Trump said Tehran had called his administration to negotiate. Follow for live updates

Iran says it seeks peace but is ready to defend itself as protests rage and Khamenei likens Trump to a modern-day Pharaoh.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that Iran proposed negotiations after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic over its bloody crackdown targeting demonstrators there, a move coming as activists said the death toll in protests rose to at least 544.

Iran might be crossing a red line that will force U.S. action, even as the two sides plan talks over the violent crackdown on protesters.

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Iran is fully prepared for conflict but also ready for negotiations, its foreign minister Abbas Araghchi says in Tehran, as US President Donald Trump said the Iranian leadership was seeking talks after he threatened to intervene militarily over a crackdown on protests.

United States President Donald Trump has said he is in talks with Iranian opposition leaders as he places United States military intervention on the

Iran says it is ready to hold discussions with the US after President Donald Trump said Tehran had called his administration to negotiate. Follow for live updates

Donald Trump's threat to slap a 25% tariff on countries that trade ‌with ​Iran risks reopening old wounds with Beijing, Tehran's top ‌partner, challenging Chinese leader Xi Jinping's global image and resolve to defend China's commercial interests.