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

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

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'

Top French diplomat warns Tehran could get access to atomic weapons within 'one or two years' if accord continues to lose substance

'It's already been done. We've increased them. They were very severe, but now it's increased substantially,' Trump says, without offering any specifics

US president says immediate sanctions to be imposed on Islamic Republic, vows Tehran will never be allowed nuclear weapons, claims IRGC missiles 'paid for' by Obama administration

A fierce critic of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the senior INSS think tank fellow is survived by her husband and two children