Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has likened the US sanctions against the Islamic Republic to the novel coronavirus, the fear of which he said is greater than its reality.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg have held talks in Tehran.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic has not closed the door to talks with Europe on possible ways to maintain the 2015 landmark nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.

The foreign ministers of the Netherlands and the Islamic Republic of Iran have weighed in on the latest regional developments including those in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Stef Blok will travel to Tehran on Friday and Saturday to hold talks with top Iranian officials.

The Iranian Judiciary says a German national, who was jailed in Iran, has been released and is now back in Germany after an Iranian national detained in the European country returned home on Sunday.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman says an Iranian citizen detained in Germany on the pretext of violating Washington's cruel sanctions has been released following intensive diplomatic efforts.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has reminded his European counterpart of the E3’s commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the JCPOA.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has held separate meetings with a number of his counterparts as well as European diplomats in the German city of Munich.

The Iranian embassy in France has reacted to some remarks made by a French lawmaker against the Islamic Republic saying that some French institutions are exerting the strongest pressure, even worse than those of the US, on the Islamic Republic.