President Donald Trump said Wednesday Iran must quickly negotiate over its nuclear program or risk U.S. military action, prompting Tehran to warn it would respond β€œlike never before” to any strike.

Trump has not ruled out an attack after this month's deadly crackdown on protests. Last June, the U.S. carried out a night of strikes on Iranian nuclear sites during Israel's 12-day war against Iran.

A U.S. naval strike group that Trump described as an "armada" led by aircraft carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln is now lurking in Middle East waters.

A rights group said that it has verified over 6,200 deaths, mostly of protesters killed by security forces, in the wave of demonstrations that rocked the Iranian government since l

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