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Iran is ready to sign a nuclear deal with certain conditions with President Donald Trump in exchange for lifting economic sanctions, a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader told NBC News on Wednesday. Ali Shamkhani, a top political, military and nuclear adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is one of the most senior Iranian officials to speak publicly about the ongoing discussions. He said Iran would commit to never making nuclear weapons, getting rid of its stockpiles of highly enriched uranium which can be weaponized, agree to only enrich uranium to the lower levels needed for civilian use,...

TEHRAN, July 23 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Iran would repulse a U.S. military strike in a swift and powerful fashion, Defense Minister Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani said in remarks published Tuesday, July 23, amid U.S. hostility towards the Islamic regime. "Iran would answer in minimum time, reciprocally and in a powerful manner any military attack against its political, military, media and social bodies," Shamkhani was quoted saying by the Jam-e-Jam daily. "Any fast and short term action by the United States against the Islamic republic will receive multiple and varied responses," he warned. The Defense Minister cited a number...