AFP with the update, main points:
- President Joe Biden warned Thursday that the United States was preparing "additional measures" against Iran as expectations grow that talks on halting Tehran's nuclear program are set for failure.
- "The president has asked his team to be prepared in the event that diplomacy fails and we must turn to other options," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki ...
- "We will have no choice but to take additional measures," she added.
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While oil slumped Thursday US time these ongoing tensions with Iran are an underpinning factor.