Russia’s envoy to the international organizations in Vienna has censured Western powers for their continued reliance on threats and coercion in dealing with Iran’s nuclear program.

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani says the body under his watch will review any request by the International Atomic Energy Agency for negotiations.

Iran says its continued contacts with the US do not mean the beginning of formal negotiations.

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Iran’s foreign minister has decried as void and lacking legal basis attempts by the three European signatories to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal to revive and reinstate the previously terminated UN sanctions resolutions against the Islamic Republic.

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry says the recent border clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan could have consequences extending beyond the borders of the two countries.

Moscow slams Western countries' use of snapback mechanism as "utterly outrageous".