President Donald Trump has declared that if the Iranians "restart their nuclear programme, they will have bigger problems than they have ever had before".

The husband of imprisoned UK woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has hailed the "first ripple of freedom", as a new court case against his wife was postponed.

The Trump administration has again told Congress that Iran is complying with the nuclear deal, but insisted Tehran would face consequences for breaching "the spirit" of the agreement.

More than 40 others were wounded in the attacks which have been claimed by the Islamic State.

Iran’s foreign minister has refused to confirm that the country conducted a missile test, saying its missile programme is not part of a 2015 nuclear deal between his country and world powers.

The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution supporting efforts by Russia and Turkey to end the nearly six-year conflict in Syria and jump-start peace negotiations.

President Barack Obama and Iran’s foreign minister shook hands when they ran into one another on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Iran’s top diplomat began a three-nation regional tour yesterday aimed at deepening ties with Arab neighbours following the conclusion of the Islamic Republic’s historic nuclear deal with world powers.

It is hard to picture Iran’s nuclear talks with world powers without the beaming face of foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif who, in reaching a deal, has shown the power of what Iranians call ‘smile diplomacy’.

Iran and six major world powers yesterday reached a nuclear deal, capping more than a decade of negotiations with an agreement that could transform the Middle East.

THERE is an apocryphal tale of a verbal joust between Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and US president John F Kennedy during the Cuban missile crisis of October, 1962.

Nuclear negotiations between Tehran and six other world powers were unlikely to finish late last night, Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said, with diplomats reporting deadlock over a UN arms embargo and other sticking points.

Negotiators at the Iran nuclear talks plan to announce today that they have reached a historic deal capping nearly a decade of diplomacy that would curb Iran’s atomic programme in return for sanctions relief, two diplomats said yesterday.

Iran nuclear talks passed their second deadline in a week yesterday, casting new questions about the ability of world powers to cut off all Iranian pathways to a bomb through diplomacy. But the parties agreed to continue their talks.

Nine days into marathon nuclear talks, US secretary of state John Kerry said the diplomatic efforts “could go either way”, cutting off all potential pathways for an Iranian atomic bomb or ending without an agreement that American officials have sometimes described as the only alternative to war.

The foreign ministers of Iran and six world powers met in a final push for a preliminary nuclear accord before their deadline today as Tehran showed signs of backing away from previous compromise offers.

Iran yesterday rejected as “unacceptable” US President Barack Obama’s demand that it freeze sensitive nuclear activities for at least 10 years, but said it would continue talks aimed at securing a deal, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Congress yesterday that an emerging agreement between Iran and the US would all but guarantee Tehran gets nuclear weapons and would be a bad deal, drawing a blunt rebuttal from US President Barack Obama.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the US Congress that negotiations under way between Iran and the United States would “all but guarantee” that Tehran will get nuclear weapons, a step that the world must avoid at all costs.

Defying US president Barack Obama, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Washington to warn Congress about the risks of a possible nuclear deal with Iran in a speech that has imperilled ties between the two allies.

World leaders and top dignitaries have begun arriving in Saudi Arabia to give their condolences following the death of King Abdullah, who died yesterday aged 90 after nearly two decades at the helm.

Rush-hour passengers in the busy metro system of Iran’s capital have brushed shoulders with a surprising commuter — President Hassan Rouhani.

Hezbollah buried its fighters killed the day before in what it said was an Israeli airstrike in Syria as Tehran announced that an Iranian general also died with the six members of the Lebanese Shi’ite group.

Rush-hour passengers in the busy metro system of Iran’s capital have brushed shoulders with a surprising commuter – President Hassan Rouhani.

A judge in southern Iran has ordered Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear court to answer complaints by individuals who say Facebook-owned applications Instagram and Whatsapp violate their privacy.

Iran and six world powers are in “50 to 60% agreement” on the shape of a nuclear deal meant to crimp any potential Iranian attempt to build nuclear arms in exchange for an end to crippling economic sanctions, the country’s foreign minister said.

UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon withdrew an offer for Iran to attend Syria peace negotiations yesterday after Tehran declared it does not support the Jun 2012 political transition deal that is the basis for the talks.

Iran struck a historic deal with the US and five other world powers, agreeing to a temporary freeze of its nuclear programme in the most significant agreement between Washington and Tehran in three decades.

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Iran’s president has said Tehran wants an international settlement over its nuclear programme but will never give up uranium enrichment.

France raised questions today about whether a proposed deal to temporarily curb Iran’s nuclear programme goes far enough, complicating negotiations with the Iranians and casting doubt on whether an agreement could be reached during the current round of negotiations in Switzerland.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that he “utterly rejects” the emerging nuclear deal between western powers and Iran.

US secretary of state John Kerry is flying to Geneva, Switzerland, to join six world powers for talks on Iran’s nuclear programmes, in a last-minute decision that suggests a deal could be imminent.

World powers negotiating with Tehran over its disputed nuclear programme must come up with new proposals before talks in Geneva on Oct 15-16, Iran’s foreign minister said.

IRAN’S earthquake-devastated city of Bam was filled with the stench of death yesterday as top foreign rescuers warned that hopes were fading for any more survivors from a disaster that killed more than 20,000 people.