Turkey will offer to mediate between Washington and Tehran when Iran's foreign minister visits Friday, officials said, as Ankara mulls reinforcing security along its border should the dispute escalate. A US naval strike group is in the Middle East and Trump has warned it was "ready, willing and able" to hit Iran "if necessary". Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementHis remarks reflected Tehran's own stance on talks, said Serhan Afacan, director of IRAM, the Ankara-based Centre for Iranian Studies. Much of the 500-kilometre (310-mile) frontier is secured by a wall, but "it has proven insufficient", said the official. Turkey began the wall in 2021 over concerns about a migrant influx following the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan.