Fresh US-Iran talks are ‘last chance’ for Tehran to avoid war escalating, Trump says

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New talks between Washington and Tehran are the “last chance” for Iran to forge a deal and avoid an escalation of US strikes on the country, Donald Trump said on Monday. Trump said he expected negotiations to begin in the next day or two to reopen the strait of Hormuz and create a pathway for Iran to address the US’s concerns about its nuclear programme. “The first phase is the opening of the straits. The second phase will be the denuclearisation,” he told reporters in the Oval Office. “And that will take a little while.” Trump reiterated that he was running out of patience with Iran. “This is the last…

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