Iran pushes back against Trump ahead of Geneva talks in face of major US military deployment
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran pushed back Wednesday against U. S. President Donald Trump's pressure tactics ahead of critical talks in Geneva over Tehran's nuclear program, alternating between calling his remarks “big lies” to saying negotiations may yield an agreement through “honorable diplomacy. ”The remarks by two Iranian officials ahead of Thursday's talks come as America has assembled its biggest deployment of aircraft and warships into the Middle East in decades, of...
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