Iran: We will do our utmost to reach an agreement with Washington.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday that Tehran is ready to take any necessary step to reach an agreement with the United States, considering any American strike on Iran to be a “real gamble.”

This came in an interview with Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Majid Takht-Ravanchi with NPR, in response to US President Donald Trump’s threats against Iran and the possibility of Washington launching an attack on it.

“We are ready to reach an agreement as soon as possible,” Ravanchi said, referring to the third round of indirect talks between Iran and the United States scheduled for next Thursday in Geneva, according to Iran’s Mehr News Agency.

The Iranian official confirmed: “We will continue our talks in Geneva, within the same framework that we followed in Muscat and Geneva last week, and there will be no change/we will continue to work according to what we agreed upon.”

He added, “We are ready to reach an agreement as soon as possible. We will do our best to achieve this, and if the political will is available on all sides, I believe an agreement can be reached very soon.”

Caroline Leavitt, spokeswoman for US President Donald Trump, told reporters at the White House on Tuesday, in response to a question about Iran, that Trump’s first choice is always diplomacy, but he is prepared to use lethal force if necessary.

This comes at a time when Washington continues to amass its forces near Iran in preparation for an imminent strike.

The United States has rapidly redrawn its military deployment map around Iran, with more than 150 military aircraft being moved within days to bases in Europe and the Middle East, since the second round of nuclear talks between Washington and Tehran ended without a breakthrough on February 17, according to flight tracking data and satellite images reviewed by The Washington Post.

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