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US National Security Advisor John Bolton describes as "deafening" Iran's apparent silence on an offer to negotiate with Washington during a press conference following a trilateral meeting in Jerusalem with national security advisers from the US, Russian and Israeli. IMAGES
U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump calls the deal with Iran one of the "dumbest" he's ever seen. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Donald Trump blasts President Joe Biden over Iran's major attack on Israel, alleging that his rival in November elections showed American "weakness" in the Middle East. "God bless the people of Israel. They are under attack right now. That's because we show great weakness," he says at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. SOUNDBITE
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is welcomed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara for twice-delayed talks aimed at ironing out past differences between the two neighbours and trying to halt the spread of the Israel-Hamas war. IMAGES
New UN human rights chief Volker Turk reveals he offered to visit Iran since taking up office last month but has so far not received any reply. SOUNDBITE
Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's envoy at the Iran nuclear deal talks, arrives at the Palais Coburg in Vienna, where the IAEA-brokered talks are set to resume in hopes of finding a way to save the historic accord brokered in 2015. This is the first time since March that all the parties (Iran, Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom and Germany) are meeting, with the participation of the United States, in order to save the agreement, which was supposed to prevent the Islamic Republic from acquiring atomic weapons. IMAGES