France urges Iran 'to take the final decisions' to enable restoration of 2015 deal limiting Tehran's nuclear program

French foreign minister speaks to Iranian countepart, calls on Tehran to 'be constructive,' abstain from further violations of nuclear deal, ahead of indirect negotiations with US

IDF chief tells French president that Lebanon has been taken 'captive' by Hezbollah and that Israel has 'thousands of targets picked out' in case of need for retaliation

Ignoring warnings from Tehran, Paris says Europeans will lodge IAEA resolution condemning Islamic Republic for limiting nuclear inspectors

Proposed resolution could derail temporary agreement that International Atomic Energy Agency reached with Tehran to mitigate loss of some inspections

Acknowledgement that 35-year-old was arrested by Iranian authorities comes after report that he was being detained illegally

European signatories to 2015 nuclear deal 'united in underlining the dangerous nature of this decision' to restrict access to watchdog IAEA's monitoring regime

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will host German and British counterparts in Paris, with America's new top diplomat Antony Blinken joining via videoconference

Macron had said he was ready to be an 'honest broker' in talks, but Tehran says there's 'no need for a mediator'

Russia argues, meanwhile, that Washington should first resume its own compliance, remove sanctions on Tehran