The exercise includes drills on striking maritime targets, damage control, and joint search-and-rescue operations.
Iran has been a daily zig zag of messages, one day trumpeting negotiations with the West as possible, the next day saying its impossible, and the next day saying diplomacy is desirable again.
In a meeting with senior Iranian officials, Khamenei said the aim of Washington's offer for negotiations was to "impose their own expectations," Iranian state media reported.
Trump said on Friday that something will happen with Iran very soon, adding that he hopes it's a peace deal that blocks the rival from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
The report came amid suggestion that Russia had sent officials to Iran during the 15-month war between Hamas and Israel.
Even destroying the nuclear program will not change Iran’s fundamental goals expressed in its constitution, nor the threat it presents to humanity.
The stock of uranium refined to up to 60% in the form of uranium hexafluoride grew by 92.5 kg in the past quarter to 274.8 kg, one of two confidential IAEA reports said.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar warned that time was running out to prevent Tehran from accessing nuclear weapons, and the Islamic regime was already capable of producing a “couple of bombs.”
The Islamic regime has domestically developed an air defense system and has Russian S-300s to protect its nuclear sites, the report says, though they are concerned it is not enough.
"Iran's position regarding nuclear talks is clear and we will not negotiate under pressure and sanctions," Araghchi said.
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