Iran negotiators head to Geneva for US talks, president strikes hopeful tone

Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened strikes if Iran fails to cut a deal on its atomic programme, and in his State of the Union address on Tuesday, the US president accused Tehran of "sinister nuclear ambitions" after he ordered a massive military deployment around the Gulf. But Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Wednesday that he had a "favourable outlook for the negotiations", after Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his team left for Switzerland. "We are continuing the process under...