Tehran says European governments sacrificing agreement to avoid trade reprisals from 'bully' Trump, after Washington says it will levy fees on car imports

Islamic Republic president says his government working to prevent confrontation or war, dialogue with world powers difficult but 'possible'

Neil Wigan says Tehran 'has a key decision to make about what path it wants to go down' after European states dispute its violations of accord

Rouhani says soldiers could be in danger after triggering of nuclear accord's dispute mechanism; Zarif says Iranians were lied to about Ukrainian airliner shootdown

Biden, Buttigieg, Klobuchar say president inflamed conflict by pulling out of nuclear deal, Sanders accuses leader of lying about planned Soleimani attack

PM says 'We know exactly what’s going on in the Iranian nuclear program' after EU triggers dispute mechanism in nuclear accord over Tehran's violations

Tehran's Foreign Ministry says country ‘fully ready to answer any good will and constructive effort’ to preserve nuclear deal after European states trigger dispute mechanism

'Dispute mechanism' over Tehran's walking back of some commitments to 2015 pact allows 2 weeks for resolution of problems, although period can be extended if all sides agree

British PM says US president is a 'great dealmaker, by his own account and many others,' stresses goal must be 'to stop the Iranians acquiring a nuclear weapon'

After France, Germany and Britain reject call from Trump to also walk away from the deal, they express 'deep concern' at recent Iranian violations