President Trump said Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei should be “very worried” as news broke Wednesday that Washington had shut down scheduled diplomatic talks on Friday over Tehran’s last-minute tactics to steer the discussion away from its troubling ballistic missile supply and brutality on protesters.

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With negotiations taking place this week, the secretary of state said any agreement would have to address Iran’s missile program, support for proxy terror groups and internal repression, in addition t

Secretary of State Marco Rubio raised the potential for the U.S. forces to conduct preemptive strikes against Iran and emphasized that the country’s regime is at its weakest point in decades during a Wednesday hearing in the Senate.

Crucial talks between the US and Iran appear set to be held in Oman as Tehran seeks to ensure the scope of its negotiations with the Trump administration is limited solely to its nuclear programme.

President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that “time is running out” for Iran to negotiate a nuclear deal as a “massive armada,” led by the USS Abraham Lincoln, heads towards the Middle Eastern nation.