Ali Khamenei says 'stupid' American peace plan negotiates with 'Zionists over what belongs to the Palestinians,' will 'die' before US president does

Zarif previously spoke with PA president Abbas; reportedly called the newly unveiled American initiative to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 'inhumane'

Iranian FM says Tehran working to forge 'an international consensus' against US proposal for Israeli-Palestinian peace, calls for Fatah-Hamas reconcilliation

Josep Borrell meets FM Zarif, will sit down with Rouhani in two-day visit meant to 'seek opportunities for political solutions to the current crisis'

Tehran faces a paramilitary Guard that keeps its own government in the dark, a supreme leader above oversight or reproach, and mounting economic troubles and popular fury

US president rebuffs overture for negotiations if sanctions lifted; nuclear official says Tehran has almost three times as much enriched material as allowed under nuke deal

Zarif says despite tensions with Washington, Tehran not ruling out 'possibility that people will change their approach and recognize the realities'

FM Zarif says his country may abandon the Non-Proliferation Treaty if 3 EU member states pursue further measures over its alleged violations of 2015 nuclear deal

Amid soaring tensions with US and Europe, and citing an unspecified change to the conference's program, Tehran says top diplomat Zarif will not join the annual event

Kylie Moore-Gilbert was convicted of spying and sentenced to 10 years in prison; she says it is an attempt to extort Canberra and says her conditions are intolerable