Iran says it is ready to talk with US amid diplomatic scramble to head off conflict

Foreign minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran is ‘ready to begin negotiations if they take place on an equal footing’Killing Khamenei? Hitting military sites? It is unclear what a US attack on Iran would achieveIran has said it is ready to negotiate with the US, but only if talks are not under duress and do not extend to Iran’s missile program, as diplomats scrambled to head off the threat of a regional conflict.After meetings with Turkish diplomats on Friday, Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said Iran was “ready to begin negotiations if they take place on an equal footing, based on mutual interests and mutual respect”. Continue reading...