A blunt warning from Trump’s Pentagon meets a cool but pointed reply from Tehran. As U.S.–Iran nuclear talks inch forward through Omani mediation, the tone on both sides is anything but calm. Pete Hegseth talks deterrence and overwhelming force, urging Iran to accept Trump’s deal. Iran’s foreign ministry, meanwhile, says the talks tested U.S. “seriousness” and found enough common ground to continue. With warships in the region and diplomacy on a knife’s edge, is this the prelude to compromise — or confrontation?
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