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Trump offers deal to Iran — threatens obliteration, imposes maximum sanctions

Trump offers deal to Iran — threatens obliteration, imposes maximum sanctions

New York, Feb 5 (IANS) President Donald Trump offered to make a deal with Iran, threatened to obliterate it if it killed him, and ordered "maximum" pressure to shut its oil lifeline -- all in a matter of head-spinning hours. "I say this to Iran, who's listening very intently, 'I would love to be able to make a great deal. A deal where you can get on with your lives’", Trump said on Tuesday at the White House while signing a memorandum on re-imposing "maximum economic pressure". But, he said, "they cannot have one thing -- they cannot have a…
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