Iran's foreign minister says country ready for negotiations but also 'fully prepared for war'
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Protesters hold a placard reading 'Voice for the voiceless' and the flag of Iran from before the 1979 revolution during a demonstration outside the Iranian Consulate in Istanbul. (Photo: AFP)
PARIS — Iran's foreign minister said on Monday the Islamic republic is ready for both war and talks after repeated threats from US President Donald Trump to intervene militarily over a crackdown on protests that activists fear has killed hundreds.
Over two weeks of protests initially sparked by economic grievances have turned into one of the biggest challenges yet to the theocratic system that has ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution that ousted the shah.
In a sign of the
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