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Iranian nuclear agency spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said the country was lifting further limits imposed by the deal

Iran in further breach of nuclear deal uranium limits

Iran has said it is now capable of raising uranium enrichment past the 20% level, and has launched advanced centrifuge machines in further breaches of commitments to limit its nuclear activity under the nuclear 2015 deal.

Iran • 07 Sep 19

Tensions have heightened since Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Iran nuclear deal last year

Iran ready to talk to US if sanctions lifted - Rouhani

Iran is ready to hold talks with the United States if Washington lifts sanctions and returns to the 2015 nuclear deal it quit last year, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said.

World • 14 Jul 19

Mohammad Javad Zarif has served as Iran's foreign minister since August 2013

Doubt cast over resignation of Iran's Foreign Minister

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani held back from accepting the resignation of his foreign minister on Tuesday, standing by a moderate ally long targeted by hardliners in internal factional struggles over a 2015 nuclear deal with the West.

News • 26 Feb 19

Last month, the Revolutionary Guards fired missiles at Islamic State militants in Syria
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Iran warns US bases, aircraft carriers in missile range

A senior Iranian military commander has warned that US bases in Afghanistan, the UAE and Qatar - and US aircraft carriers in the Gulf - are within range of Iranian missiles.

World • 22 Nov 18

Europe has vowed to keep providing Iran with the economic benefits it received from the nuclear deal

Iran says Europe must 'pay price' to save nuclear deal

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that Europe had not yet shown it was willing to "pay the price" of defying the United States in order to save the nuclear deal.

Iran • 19 Aug 18

Iran has denounced the sanctions as 'US unilateralism'

US urges Britain to stop supporting Iran nuclear deal

The United States has urged Britain to ditch its support for a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and instead join forces to counter the global threat it says Iran poses.

Iran • 12 Aug 18

An advisor to President Hassan Rouhani says any talks with the US must include a return to the nuclear deal which Donald Trump pulled out of

Trump predicts Iran talks will happen 'pretty soon'

US President Donald Trump has suggested that talks with Iran were imminent, despite silence from the Islamic republic's leaders to his offer for a meeting.

Donald Trump • 01 Aug 18

Donald Trump said he had "no preconditions" for a meeting with the Iranians, adding: "If they want to meet, I'll meet"

Trump says he is willing to meet with Iranian leaders

US President Donald Trump has said he would be willing to meet Iranian leaders without preconditions to discuss how to improve ties after he pulled the United States out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

US • 30 Jul 18

Addressing a gathering of Iranian diplomats, Hassan Rouhani said: "Mr Trump, don't play with the lion's tail, this would only lead to regret".

Rouhani warns Trump 'war with Iran mother of all wars'

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has cautioned US President Donald Trump about pursuing hostile policies against Iran, saying "America should know war with Iran is the mother of all wars".

World • 22 Jul 18

Iran's supreme leader said: "The idea that problems can be resolved through negotiations or relations with the United States is a major error"

Iran's Khamenei says negotiating with US is 'useless'

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that negotiations with the United States are "useless" because it does not abide by agreements.

World • 21 Jul 18

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the 2015 nuclear deal could not be renegotiated

Iran rejects any change to nuclear deal

Iran has said that it would retaliate against new sanctions imposed by the United States after US President Donald Trump set an ultimatum to fix "disastrous flaws" in a deal curbing Tehran's nuclear programme.

World • 13 Jan 18

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that the deal was not renegotiable

Trump issues ultimatum to 'fix' Iran nuclear deal

US President Donald Trump gave the Iran nuclear deal a final reprieve but warned European allies and Congress they had to work with him to fix the terrible flaws of the pact or face US withdrawal.

World • 12 Jan 18

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