Turkey offers to mediate as Trump softens Iran threatsListen to this articleAnti-US and anti-Israel banners hang on a building in Palestine Square in Tehran. (Photo: AFP)ISTANBUL - Iran’s foreign minister was in Turkey on Friday as Ankara led a diplomatic push to mediate between Tehran and Washington, after US President Donald Trump cooled threats of an imminent strike on the Islamic republic. The US president brought the temperature down late on Thursday, saying he hoped to avoid military action and saying talks were on the cards with Iran. Iran’s neighbour Turkey led a diplomatic charge on Friday, offering to mediate between Tehran and Washington. Iran quickly hit back at the move, with Araghchi calling it a “mistake” and the military saying it was “irresponsible and spite-driven”.
