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US President Donald Trump yesterday appeared to threaten another attack on Iran if it does not “make a deal” on nuclear weapons, after Tehran rejected talks.

“Hopefully Iran will quickly ‘Come to the Table’ and negotiate a fair and equitable deal - NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS,” the US leader said in a social media post, noting that “a massive armada is heading to Iran.”

“As I told Iran once before, MAKE A DEAL! They didn’t, and there was ‘Operation Midnight Hammer,’ a major destruction of Iran. The next attack will be far worse!”

There can be no negotiations between Washington and Tehran if the United States makes threats against the Islamic republic, the Iranian foreign minister said earlier in the day.

“Conducting diplomacy through military threat cannot be effective or useful. If they want negotiations to take shape, they must certainly set aside threats, excessive demands and raising illogical issues,” said Abbas Araghchi after the US deployed an aircraft carrier in the region.

Trump said another “armada” is floating toward Iran and that he hopes Tehran would make a deal with Washington, reports Reuters.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that Riyadh will not allow its airspace or territory to be used for military actions against Tehran, state news agency SPA reported on Tuesday.

In a phone call with Pezeshkian, the Crown Prince affirmed his country’s support for any “efforts that would resolve differences through dialogue” to bolster security and stability in the region.

Pezeshkian told the Crown Prince that Tehran welcomes any process, within the framework of international law, that prevents war.

Turkey’s foreign minister yesterday urged the US to resolve its disputes with Iran “one by one” instead of through a sweeping deal, saying this would avoid humiliating Iranian officials, and added that Tehran was ready for talks on its nuclear programme.

Speaking to Al Jazeera, Hakan Fidan reiterated that Turkey opposed any foreign intervention or attack on Iran, saying it would be “wrong to start the war again.”

Iran yesterday executed a man arrested in April 2025 on charges of spying for Israel’s espionage agency Mossad, the judiciary said. Hamidreza Sabet Esmailpour, who had been convicted of passing information to a Mossad agent, was hanged at dawn, the judiciary’s Mizan news agency said.

Rights groups have previously said 12 people have been hanged on similar charges in the wake of Israel’s 12-day war with Iran in June, reports AFP.