Iranian professor says President-elect Ebrahim Raeisi’s refusal to meet with US President Joe Biden sends a “strong” message that his government would not tie the country’s situation to the fate of the nuclear deal and would not hold off on its plans for the sake of Washington.

Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly refuses to leave the premier’s residence in the occupied city of al-Quds.

Two German ministers reportedly decline an invitation to take part in a Washington gathering of ministers from the G7 group of large industrial countries.