Trump predicts Iran will seek deal to avoid US strikes

AFP | Paris

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President Donald Trump predicted yesterday that Iran would seek to negotiate a deal rather than face American military action, despite Tehran warning that its arsenal of missiles would never be up for discussion.

“I can say this, they do want to make a deal,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. Asked if he had given Iran a deadline to enter talks on its nuclear and missile programmes, Trump said “yeah, I have”, but refused to say what it was.

“We have a large armada, flotilla, call it whatever you want, heading toward Iran right now,” Trump said, referring to a US naval carrier group in waters off Iran. “Hopefully we’ll make a deal. If we do make a deal, that’s good. If we don’t make a deal, we’ll see what happens.”