White House envoy Steve Witkoff reportedly held a secret meeting with exiled Iranian crown prince Reza Pahlavi as protests against Iran’s regime intensify.

Foreign minister says he hopes Washington will choose ‘wise option’ of dialogue after Trump threatens US intervention.

Iran might be crossing a red line that will force U.S. action, even as the two sides plan talks over the violent crackdown on protesters.

President Donald Trump says Iran has reached out to negotiate even as he threatens possible U.S. action amid a brutal crackdown on nationwide anti-government protests.

Iran is fully prepared for conflict but also ready for negotiations, its foreign minister Abbas Araghchi says in Tehran, as US President Donald Trump said the Iranian leadership was seeking talks after he threatened to intervene militarily over a crackdown on protests.

Iranians are once again in the streets. And once again, the regime appears to be responding as it always has — with brutal violence. Might the end result this time be different?

Rights groups say the crackdown has been severe. The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said it had verified 544 deaths, while Iran Human Rights confirmed at least 192 protesters killed, warning the real toll could be several hundred or more.

"As I have said many times before, we [i.e. Iran] are also ready for talks [with the US]—but on a fair, equal terms, and based on mutual respect. Talks that will be real and serious, rather than in the form of dictates and instructions," Araghchi said.