The United States is ready to reach an agreement with Iran whenever Tehran is prepared to engage, US President Donald Trump said during an address to the Israeli parliament on Monday.

Washington and Tehran had held five rounds of nuclear negotiations before a 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel in June, during which the US also targeted key Iranian nuclear sites. Talks have repeatedly stalled over major sticking points, including uranium enrichment on Iranian soil — something Western nations want reduced to zero to prevent weaponisation, a demand Iran has so far rejected.

Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araqchi on Saturday signalled openness to a “fair and balanced” proposal from Washington but noted that Tehran had not yet received any concrete starting points for negotiations. “If we

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