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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran will not negotiate with US President Donald Trump unless Washington shows Tehran "respect" by honouring its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal.

Iraqi sources say the recent Katyusha rocket blast in the Green Zone of the capital, Baghdad, was the handiwork of Washington itself.

US President Donald Trump says he is willing to engage in negotiations with Iran “if they are ready” amid Washington’s unilateral pressure against Tehran.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has advised US President Donald Trump to try respecting the Iranian nation instead of constantly threatening them.

A senior German analyst has warned about the dangerous co sequences of the US President's policy towards Iran.

Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iran is not seeking war, but is not scared of war, either.

Top Iranian stem cell scientist Dr. Masoud Soleimani has been behind bars in the United States without trial for the past seven months.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says Iranians believe in logic and negotiation, but the Islamic Republic will never surrender to the enemy's bullying.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has expressed confidence that no war would break out in the Middle East amid rising tensions between Iran and the United States.

A former Iranian diplomat says US President Donald Trump is endangering the future economic, political and security of Europe through its anti-Iran policies.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has welcomed the initiative for peace talks between the Venezuelan government and opposition in Norway.

A senior Trump administration official says the US is “sitting by the phone” to hear from Iran, but it has yet to receive any message suggesting Tehran is willing to accept Donald Trump’s overtures for direct talks.

Iran’s mission at the United Nations has dismissed a recent claim by Washington that Iran poses threats to American employees in Iraq.

A senior advisor to Iran’s Leader says Tehran definitely would not call US President Donald Trump because such a conversation would be of no use, as his talks with North Korea did not bear any fruit.

President Hassan Rouhani says the US' sanctions against the Iranian nation are a “crime against humanity” as they have effectively targeted ordinary people, hampering their access to food and medicine.

The US aircraft carrier, USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier, which was en route to the Persian Gulf to counter what the US called increased Iranian thrrat, has stopped in the Arabian Sea, an Iranian military source said.

Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicraft and Tourism Organization (ICHTO) says the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago is ready to deliver another batch of the remaining Achaemenid inscriptions in its possession to Iran.

European leaders who gathered in the Belgian capital Brussels on Monday to discuss relations with Iran have dealt a heavy snub to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who showed up at the meeting unannounced to muster support for Washington’s anti-Iran agenda.

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Seyyed Ali Khamenei has ruled out the possibility of a war between Iran and the US and said resistance is the definite option of the Iranian nation against the US.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman has rejected a report by Reuters regarding the country's condition for staying in the Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

The US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Alice Wells says Washington has agreed with the request of Kabul to exempt Iran’s Chabahar port from the US sanctions, considering the significance of the strategic port city for the development of Afghanistan.

The B-52H Stratofortress bombers, sent to the Middle East amid the United States’ anti-Iran deployment, have carried out their first mission, says the US Air Forces Central Command.

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani has said that Iran is facing an “all-out war” of economic and political pressures through sanctions imposed on the country.

Following the recent escalation between Washington and Tehran over the 2015 nuclear deal, several countries have expressed readiness to mediate between the two arch-rivals.

The White House has contacted Swiss authorities to share a telephone number with Iran in hopes that Tehran will contact US President Donald Trump, CNN reports.