2015 Nuclear Deal

Iran announces over ten-fold increase in enriched uranium production on 40th anniversary of US embassy hostage crisis

Iran will take the fourth step of walking back on the nuclear accord on Tuesday, semi-official news agency ISNA reported without specifying details.

Iran hopes UN nuclear watchdog will act ‘neutrally’ under new IAEA director-general Rafael Grossi

Argentina's Rafael Grossi took the helm of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Tuesday following the death of his predecessor

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani backtracks on possible talks with Donald Trump; says US must first lift sanctions on Tehran

Iran's president back-pedaled Tuesday on possible talks with Donald Trump, saying the US president must first lift sanctions imposed on Tehran

Iran-US tensions: Britain rules out seized tanker swap with Tehran, sends its most advanced warship to escort ships

Britain on Monday ruled out swapping seized oil tankers with Iran as a second UK warship arrived in the Gulf to conduct convoys that have irritated Tehran

Iran's foreign policy will protect multilateralism and confront American hegemony amid tussle over nuclear deal: VP Eshaq Jahangiri

Iran’s foreign policy is to confront American hegemony and protect multilateralism, Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri said. Iran and the United States came to the brink of war last month after the Islamic Republic shot down a US drone. Iran’s relations with Washington have taken a sharp turn for the worse since Trump withdrew the United States from the 2015 nuclear deal.

Echoing Donald Trump's remark, Iran's foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warns US of 'playing with fire' over Tehran nuclear deal

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned on Monday that the United States is 'playing with fire', echoing remarks by President Donald Trump as the two sides are locked in a standoff over Tehran's nuclear programme

Donald Trump warns Tehran 'sanctions will soon be increased, substantially', claims Iran has breached two limits central to nuclear deal

US President Donald Trump warned Tehran on Wednesday that sanctions would soon be "increased substantially," as armed Iranian boats reportedly attempted to seize a British oil tanker in Gulf waters.

'Threats can come back to bite you': Donald Trump warns Hassan Rouhani as Iran decides to exceed uranium enrichment level

The enrichment maximum set in the Iran's nuclear deal agreement is sufficient for power generation, but far below the more than 90 percent level required for a nuclear weapon.

Donald Trump says Iran 'playing with fire' after Tehran's stockpile of uranium reserves exceeds amount allowed under nuclear deal

Donald Trump warned, on Monday that Iran is "playing with fire" after Tehran said it exceeded a limit on enriched uranium reserves under a 2015 nuclear deal

US vows to remain 'relentless' to deter Iran's missile programme after Tehran unveils new ballistic weapon

Iran unveiling a new ballistic missile with a 1,000-kilometre range was the latest show of military might by the country as it celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution at a time of heightened tensions with the United States.