Deadly protests in Iran have intensified talks within the Trump administration about imposing fresh sanctions against the Islamic Republic, as the US president seized on the crisis to justify his long-standing opposition to a 2015 nuclear agreement. President Donald Trump met Vice-President Mike Pence and members of his national security team on Tuesday to discuss the protests amid deliberations already under way about reimposing suspended sanctions or adding new ones, according to two White House officials who asked not to be identified. The meeting came about 10 days before Trump must decide whether to continue waiving sanctions that were lifted under the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers. "We certainly keep our options open" on adding to US sanctions, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters on Tuesday. Trump took to Twitter earlier in the day to say the "people of Iran are finally acting against the brutal and corrupt Iranian regime", while the US ambass...
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