US warning on Iran's nuclear offer

It would be “diplomatic malpractice of the worst order” not to test Iran’s willingness to comply with international demands over its nuclear programme, US secretary of state John Kerry said today.

In his first public comments since Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the United States and the West not to trust Iran in an impassioned address to the United Nations, Mr Kerry said they would not be played for “suckers” with a charm offensive from new Iranian president Hassan Rouhani.