FM Zarif rejects US president's claim Washington is only trying to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons

Foreign Minister says his country will 'stand by' its neighbor, declares US economic sanctions 'unnecessary' and cause suffering to Iranians

Amid war of words and escalating tensions between Tehran and Washington, vote could provide political cover for uranium enrichment

One army general warns Tehran has 'secret weapons' to destroy American forces, while another says 'rational American commanders' will prevent war

Ahead of trip by Mohammad Javad Zarif, Islamabad calls on 'all sides to show restraint, as any miscalculated move, can transmute into a large-scale conflict'

Fearing 'real risk of escalation,' Berlin sends envoy after Iran warns that Germany, France, Britain, China, Russia have 2 months to develop plan to block US sanctions

With US tensions running high over demise of agreement, Ayatollah Khamenei says Rouhani and Zarif did not implement landmark accord how he told them to

Foreign minister rejects Trump's offer of talks as long as Washington does not show 'respect,' says there will be 'painful consequences' in the event of escalation

Iran's president says he won't walk away from nuke deal because it would bring more sanctions; Trump says willing to talk, but provocations will be met with 'great force'

President says no current indication of a belligerent act from Iran, but calls them very hostile and the 'No. 1 provocateur of terror in this country'