The son of an Iranian carpet merchant from Isfahan, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has compared the country's negotiating style to the bartering of the bazaar, an approach requiring "patience and great time".

During his State of the Union address, Trump indicated he was considering attacking Iran if it refused to give up its nuclear program and effort to build long range missiles.

Iranian and US officials are holding a third round of nuclear talks in Geneva on Thursday in a last-ditch effort to avoid war. This is not diplomacy as usual. This is a regime bargaining for its survival.

Iran on Wednesday dismissed US claims about its missile programme as "big lies", after President Donald Trump said Tehran was developing missiles that could strike the United States.

Iran and the United States held hours of indirect talks Thursday in Geneva over Tehran's nuclear negotiations viewed as a last chance for diplomacy as America has gathered a fleet of aircraft and warships to the Middle East to pressure Tehran into a deal.

Iran is pushing back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s pressure tactics ahead of critical talks in Geneva over Tehran’s nuclear program, alternating between calling his remarks lies to saying nego

Iran pledged to show flexibility at indirect talks with the United ⁠States on ⁠their longstanding nuclear dispute on Thursday, with Tehran under pressure ⁠to agree to a deal or face U.S. military strikes.

In his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump said he would never let Iran have a nuclear weapon, but prefers diplomacy in resolving tensions. CNN’s Ivan Watson reports.