Dubai — An Iranian lawmaker has offered a $3m reward to anyone who kills US President Donald Trump and said Iran could avoid threats if it had nuclear arms, ISNA news agency reported on Tuesday amid Tehran’s latest stand-off with Washington.

Tension has steadily escalated since Trump pulled Washington out of Tehran’s nuclear agreement with world powers in 2018 and re-imposed US sanctions. The stand-off erupted into tit-for-tat military strikes in January...

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