Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says he predicted years ago that Iran would escalate its provocations against United States — and he blames Obama administration's to Iranian plot to bomb Washington, D.C.. ..…

That means going on Tehran, mediating with Paris and London, trying to maintain trade relations with Iran in spite of US blackmailing - and Washington, driving home the high cost of war. ..…

Washington has called on Iran to discontinue all its nuclear and missile programmes, withdraw its armed forces from Syria, end its destabilising Iraq, Afghanistan and Gulf and stop supporting armed groups such as Hezbollah, Hamas and Huthi - all as prerequisite for nuclear deal... ... ..…

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News last month that Washington would host global summit focused on Iran and Middle East Poland February, and senior US diplomats later softened tone to shift the conference title to in Middle-East, denying that Iran will top or be the agenda. ..…