Iran said on Friday it was giving high-level nuclear talks with the United States on Saturday "a genuine chance", after President Donald Trump threatened bombing if discussions failed.

Iran is giving talks with its arch foe the United States "a genuine chance", the Iranian foreign ministry's spokesperson posted on X on Friday. "We intend to assess the other side’s intent and resolve this Saturday,

Iran and the United States begin high-stakes talks to reach a new nuclear deal on Saturday foreshadowed by President Trump’s threat of military strikes as a consequence of failure and Tehran’s warning any attack on it would drag the US into a broader Middle Eastern conflict.